People consider that we are better than animals because we think and do different things animal can't, but we shouldknow that animals are intelligent and we can prove that.
This document contains summaries of two essays that explains animal intelligence.
People consider that we are better than animals because we think and do different things animal can't, but we shouldknow that animals are intelligent and we can prove that.
This document contains summaries of two essays that explains animal intelligence.
People consider that we are better than animals because we think and do different things animal can't, but we shouldknow that animals are intelligent and we can prove that.
This document contains summaries of two essays that explains animal intelligence.
In the excerpt Animal intelligence under-rated by humans,
different researchers state that animals are intelligent like us, but in their own unique ways. Dr Arthur Saniotis mentions we shouldnt consider us like the most intelligent species on the world. Saniotis add that superiority of humans became of a philosophy and sciences. He mention Aristotle believed we are intelligent than animals because of our reason capacity. Professor Maciej Henneberg notes we dont understand the whole concept of animal intelligence because of the language and technology. He explains some animals can communicate across their own language and can do other things which show social and kinaesthetic intelligence. Alexandra Horowitz and Ammon Shea conclude we could never perceive the real intelligence of animals if we continue comparing them with us. These researchers conclude we considered superior, but there are different kinds of intelligent that can be better than us.
ANIMAL INTELLIGENCE UNDERRATED BY HUMANS,
RESEARCHERS SAY For many millennia, we humans have considered ourselves superior, primarily due to our large brains and our ability to reason. However, we might not be as smart as we think. Researchers from Australia point out that there are different kinds of geniuses out there, some even better than us. Dolphins can communicate via echolation, while hyenas use smell-based networking sites. Even the marmoset monkeys have figured out how to have a polite conversation, something many humans still find hard to follow. Dr Arthur Saniotis, Visiting Research Fellow with the University's School of Medical Sciences says that the concept of "ad nauseam", which means humans are exceptional by virtue and are "the most intelligent species on Earth" might not be true and that animals are intelligent in their own unique ways. The idea that humans are exceptional probably emerged about 10,000 years back when humans decided to take up farming. The feeling of superiority went up a notch with the arrival of organized religion, which niftily put humans (especially man) at the center of Life and Universe. "The belief of human cognitive superiority became entrenched in human philosophy and sciences. Even Aristotle, probably the most influential of all thinkers, argued that humans were superior to other animals due to our exclusive ability to reason," Dr Saniotis added in a news release According to Professor Maciej Henneberg, a professor of anthropological and comparative anatomy from the School of Medical Sciences, humans have misunderstood animal intelligence.
"Animals offer different kinds of intelligences which have been
under-rated due to humans' fixation on language and technology. These include social and kinaesthetic intelligence. Some mammals, like gibbons, can produce a large number of varied sounds - over 20 different sounds with clearly different meanings that allow these arboreal primates to communicate across tropical forest canopy. The fact that they do not build houses is irrelevant to the gibbons," Henneberg added. Alexandra Horowitz and Ammon Shea had earlier said that although researchers conduct studies to understand animal intelligence, we might never be able to really judge how smart they really are because during the tests animals are being compared to us.
Gary Steiner-Anthropocentrism and Its Discontents - The Moral Status of Animals in The History of Western Philosophy-University of Pittsburgh Press (2010)