Thread: Seriousness What is it that makes us human?
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Old 04-28-2009, 11:38 AM   #110
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Originally Posted by tirsales View Post
And this crow is thinking about a situation prior to doing something - whether this is learned behaviour (which btw would speak volumes PRO crow intelligence) or not is not important (for this part).
In fact, it would be even more astounding if the crow was able to learn a behaviour as complex as this without specific training for it.
The thing I did not believe was "analyze the reaction" because this seems to require a model of time and ability to extrapolate into the future and having preferences about the future.
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