Is the smartest dog smarter than the dumbest human? Smartest cat? Smartest rat? It’s something I’ve been thinking about for several days.

  • Lemmyoutofhere@lemmy.caEnglish
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    4 days ago

    “The idea that the smartest bear might be smarter than the dumbest human comes from a famous Yosemite ranger quote about the difficulty of designing bear-proof trash cans: “There is considerable overlap between the intelligence of the smartest bears and the dumbest tourists,”

    • bishop@lemmy.worldEnglish
      12·
      4 days ago

      I first heard a variation on this decades ago in regards to designing latches on field gates to keep horses in, but allow humans access. The problem being that a lot of horses are wicked smart and shockingly dexterous with their lips, and so many people are shockingly dense and lacking in fine motor skills.