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The behavior of each bee in a colony is governed by a simple set of rules that, through interactions with the environment and the other bees, leads to an end that was no part of any individual bee’s intention, allowing the colony as a whole to thrive—as if by an invisible wing. Put another way, bees are relatively dumb. Beehives are remarkably smar
... See moreJessica C. Flack • Worlds Hidden in Plain Sight: The Evolving Idea of Complexity at the Santa Fe Institute, 1984–2019 (Compass)
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Unlike other animals, we humans retain what is known as neoteny— mental and physical traits of immaturity— well into our adult years.
Greene, Robert. Mastery - Robert Greene (Kindle Locations 1686-1687). Kindle Edition.
Suppose we took you and forty-nine of your coworkers and pitted you in a game of Survivor against a troop of fifty capuchin monkeys from Costa Rica. We would parachute both primate teams into the remote tropical forests of central Africa. After two years, we would return and count the survivors on each team. The team with the most survivors wins. O
... See moreJoseph Henrich • The Secret of Our Success
When we talk about the superior intelligence of apes, the superiority of simian intelligence over lupine intelligence, we should bear in mind the terms of this comparison: apes are more intelligent than wolves because, ultimately, they are better schemers and deceivers than wolves. It is from this that the difference between simian and lupine intel
... See moreMark Rowlands • The Philosopher and the Wolf
After thirty years of clever research looking for TOM in other animals, evidence for it is lacking. It appears to be present to a limited degree in chimpanzees,35 but that is it so far.