RF Schatten 🇨🇺 🇺🇸 🩺Oct 31
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In a series of experiments, chimpanzees revised their beliefs based on new evidence, shedding light on the evolutionary origins of rational thought.

🔗 https://www.404media.co/chimps-are-capable-of-human-like-rational-thought-breakthrough-study-finds/

Chimps Are Capable of Human-Like Rational Thought, Breakthrough Study Finds

In a series of experiments, chimpanzees revised their beliefs based on new evidence, shedding light on the evolutionary origins of rational thought.

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Oct 30 at 9:11pmBuffer
Show threadTill KleisliOct 30
@404mediaco then the chimpanzees are better in rational thinking than many humans...
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@kleisli 💯 @404mediaco
Show threadCampbell JonesOct 30
@404mediaco Very happy to see this experiment and the results. I look forward to seeing other apes, corvids, and octopuses successfully demonstrate rational thought (I assume they all will).
Show threadDarkayneOct 30
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Woah, you're right... I see not one red MAGA hat on any of them 🧐
Show threadJames BrittOct 30

@Darkayne @404mediaco

That tracks.

"Chimpanzees revise their beliefs if they encounter new information"

Show threadGreg BellOct 31
@404mediaco I wonder if we could learn from them
Show threadaburka 🫣Oct 31
@404mediaco I don't think most humans revise their beliefs based on new evidence
Show threadJoeOct 31
@404mediaco not really "Human-like" until they can rationalize not changing beliefs based on new evidence
Show threadthermonuclear small claimsNov 1
@404mediaco After a series of experiments spanning centuries, humans finally realise other animals are capable of rational thought, stunning the rest of the animal kingdom who thought they'd never figure it out