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Human-like intelligence in animals is far more common than we thought (www.newscientist.com)

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[–] naevaTheRat@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 5 months ago

Most humans enjoy positions of blithe supremacy. It's much harder to kill/farm/displace etc creatures if they're like us and so they are not as we wish to do that.

Scientists are exactly as biased and politically motivated as everyone else, the process is just a bit more self correcting over time. If interpretations are not reenforcing popular ideas they tend not to be taken seriously until evidence is overwhelming.