@bruces I am reminded of the attempts to extrapolate ground hornbills to intelligent velociraptors.
@bruces umwelts are a helluva drug

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'Gandhi, what do you think of Western Civilization?'  

'I mean, you have a nice experiment, but you haven't really proven it exists have you.' 

@normjess

I've always liked the "I think it would be a good idea" joke.

@bruces humans can fly and have synthetic beaks.
@bruces Please provide credit to the artist
@bruces @donmelton I’m always amused when researchers test if animals have a sense of self by seeing if they recognize themselves in a mirror. I imagine dog scientists determining that humans have no self awareness because they don’t recognize the smell of their own pee.
@michaelgemar @bruces @donmelton the mirror thing is odd. Our dog does not appear to recognize himself but he also ignores his reflection yet uses mirrors to see us around corners and behind him.

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Did Larson ever do this in the Far Side?

@michaelgemar @bruces @donmelton

Could we generalize and say that the extent of one's purposeful capacities is a fair cross-species test of intelligence?

@bruces this comic is a great criticism of anthropocentrism!
@bruces would have boosted, but no #altText. So no boost. 😢
@bruces 😄 Thank you for posting this. I saw it once before and ever since have been so sorry I didn’t save it.