[lbo-talk] One last note on animals.

Michael Smith mjs at smithbowen.net
Fri Sep 14 17:51:31 PDT 2007


On Fri, 2007-09-14 at 20:19 -0400, RicardoStarkey at aol.com wrote:


> CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Sept. 6, 2007 – When trying to understand someone's
> intentions, non-human primates expect others to act rationally by performing the
> most appropriate action allowed by the environment, according to a new study by
> researchers at Harvard University.
> _http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2007-09/hu-peo090407.php_
> (http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2007-09/hu-peo090407.php)

I had two simultaneous and contradictory responses to this:

a) That's Harvard for you.

b) Those poor primates have a lot of evolving to do (and haven't we all).



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