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Sen the Professional

@shojiwax When thinking about crow cognition I sometimes remind myself that just because their brain has a lot less volume and mass than ours, that doesn't mean they must be less intelligent.

The evolutionary process is notorious for producing *really inefficient* solutions. Maybe our brains just have some glaring inefficiencies that crows' brains don't

10 January at 4:56 | Open on mas.to
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Andrew Wigglesworth

@epiceneVivant You're seriously suggesting that humans aren't, or may not be, more intelligent than Crows?

10 January at 13:17 | Open on mastodon.social
Maggie Maybe
Sen the Professional

@ecadre That wasn't my intent. The volume of the average human brain (~1195 cm³)[1] is about 155× the volume of the average American crow brain (~7.6 cm³)[2]. That still counts for something imho.

I just meant that fact shouldn't lead us to assume the intelligence of a crow must be drastically less than the intelligence of a human. They could be closer to us than we might assume based on the size difference.

[1] en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brain_si
[2] ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/ — Results

@ecadre That wasn't my intent. The volume of the average human brain (~1195 cm³)[1] is about 155× the volume of the average American crow brain (~7.6 cm³)[2]. That still counts for something imho.

I just meant that fact shouldn't lead us to assume the intelligence of a crow must be drastically less than the intelligence of a human. They could be closer to us than we might assume based on the size difference.

10 January at 18:44 | Open on mas.to
Frost「:therian:｜霜の狼｜人面獣心」

@ecadre @epiceneVivant Not OP, but personally, I think so.

Humans aren't special. Humans aren't "smarter" or "more intelligent" or more deserving of respect, rights, etc.

Humans aren't even the only ones with fancy language. (Look at dolphins.)

Human superiority is /so/ deeply ingrained into society you're probably thinking "b-b-but HUMANS!"
Nope, you're not special.

10 January at 19:13 | Open on chitter.xyz
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