Friday, September 07, 2007

OK, Some Humans

Toddler study proves humans are smarter than apes
When presented with a tube containing food or a toy, two-and-a-half-year-olds followed an experimenter's example to retrieve the prize, while the apes put all their energy towards simply biting or breaking the tube.
This proves nothing. Nothing!

5 comments:

  1. Sure it does. Which would you rather have as a constituent?

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  2. That's a trick question, right?

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  3. A trick question? A wry comment in the form of a rhetorical question. I suppose it doesn't work if you don't identify with the chimp and never went through a Pink Floyd period.

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  4. Oh, now I get it... like a gigantic chimp liberation chorale singing "all in all we're just another...."

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  5. Oh, now I get it... like a gigantic chimp liberation chorale singing "all in all we're just another...."

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