We've been looking at ant intelligence the wrong way
Wednesday, September 4, 2013 - 08:01
in Psychology & Sociology
How intelligent are animals? Despite centuries of effort by philosophers, psychologists and biologists, the question remains unanswered. We are inclined to tackle this question using a top-down approach. It seems intuitive to start with our own assumptions about human intelligence, and design experiments that ask whether animals possess similar anthropomorphic abilities.