Another nail in the creationist coffin
Mar. 14th, 2011 02:30 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
mahnmutMonkeys 'show self-doubt' like us
Monkeys trained to play computer games have helped to show that it is not just humans that feel self-doubt and uncertainty, a study says. US-based scientists found that macaques will "pass" rather than risk choosing the wrong answer in a brainteaser task.
So, there goes yet another theoretical distinction between man and the rest of "creation". All we need now is to find an ape with religion...
Monkeys trained to play computer games have helped to show that it is not just humans that feel self-doubt and uncertainty, a study says. US-based scientists found that macaques will "pass" rather than risk choosing the wrong answer in a brainteaser task.
So, there goes yet another theoretical distinction between man and the rest of "creation". All we need now is to find an ape with religion...
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Date: 2011-03-14 01:59 pm (UTC)