Comments on: Clever Puzzle-Solving Orangutans. http://www.neatorama.com/2007/07/05/clever-puzzle-solving-orangutans/ The Neat Side of the Web Tue, 24 Nov 2009 08:00:19 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Don http://www.neatorama.com/2007/07/05/clever-puzzle-solving-orangutans/comment-page-1/#comment-144129 Don Thu, 05 Jul 2007 16:57:15 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/07/05/clever-puzzle-solving-orangutans/#comment-144129 Maybe they just like spitting in tubes. Maybe they just like spitting in tubes.

]]> By: Anstrom http://www.neatorama.com/2007/07/05/clever-puzzle-solving-orangutans/comment-page-1/#comment-143817 Anstrom Thu, 05 Jul 2007 11:28:15 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/07/05/clever-puzzle-solving-orangutans/#comment-143817 don't miss the video http://www.nature.com/news/2007/070702/multimedia/070702-7.mov don't miss the video

http://www.nature.com/news/2007/070702/multimedia/070702-7.mov

]]> By: Sylvain Romiguier http://www.neatorama.com/2007/07/05/clever-puzzle-solving-orangutans/comment-page-1/#comment-143650 Sylvain Romiguier Thu, 05 Jul 2007 09:19:08 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/07/05/clever-puzzle-solving-orangutans/#comment-143650 This makes me remember a puzzle game which demonstrates that children passed the test better than their parents. In fact, the explanation was that children don't have a lot of knowledge about physics, etc... So they're looking for a direct answer, the simpliest one. but for most problems, we need a lot of knowledge and abilities to abstract the details and that is very difficult for children. Maybe it's the same process here with animals ... a direct solution, so the test choice is very important and do not demonstrate great abilities. Maybe if we live in a forest with hollow trees and a lot of water due to rains we would find this solution very quickly, it's just a matter of environment. This makes me remember a puzzle game which demonstrates that children passed the test better than their parents.

In fact, the explanation was that children don't have a lot of knowledge about physics, etc... So they're looking for a direct answer, the simpliest one.

but for most problems, we need a lot of knowledge and abilities to abstract the details and that is very difficult for children.

Maybe it's the same process here with animals ... a direct solution, so the test choice is very important and do not demonstrate great abilities.

Maybe if we live in a forest with hollow trees and a lot of water due to rains we would find this solution very quickly, it's just a matter of environment.

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