chimps

Try to apply this to a closer relative: chimps Chimps are not the same thing as early humans.

Try to apply this to a closer relative: chimps Does this theory imply that chimps are conscious xor they have gods?

We already have pretty intelligent chimps, where we draw the line is pretty arbitrary, see Jane Goodall and her life's work.

If true, I expect we'll see talking chimps soon: adding the gene is a neu-brainer.

He mentions that later in the post: > Chimps are remarkable thinkers in their own right.

Maybe the key to intelligence lies mostly in the mental abilities (and genetic information) that chimps and humans have in common.

His numbers are also based off the difference between humans and chimps for some reason?

Better yet, cook food with it, let the chimps watch, and see if they'd imitate.

Thinking that believing reductionism will somehow transform human minds into mathematics is like thinking that believing evolution will transform humans into chimps.

This makes me curious what would happen if we played Prometheus and gave the chimps access to fire.

I think it's unfair to assume that chimps and dolphins have no ability to influence their subconscious at all.

A meat eater who benefits from experimentation on species that are very closely related to him, namely chimps, wonders about the ethics of breeding pets.

I am not a biologist or anything of that ilk, however I am a bit skeptical that the chimps understood the concept of "cooking" the food.

For example, if humans and chimps were on a "staircase of evolution" and were one step apart; SAI would be one step above us a mere hour after it is turned on.

Chimps don't have language, so they cannot be used to test this theory.