tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10781944.post7545273153253319277..comments2024-03-28T00:36:36.460-07:00Comments on The Tree of Life: Things I don't understand episode 2000: Why in comparing humans & other animals the null hypothesis people always use (and thus try to disprove) is that humans ≠ animals Jonathan Eisenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07953790938128734305noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10781944.post-26117074851728282562013-12-11T09:25:13.296-08:002013-12-11T09:25:13.296-08:00I get the strong feeling that most researchers in ...I get the strong feeling that most researchers in animal intelligence aren't really interested in non-human intelligence per se, but are either 1) interested in using non-humans as model systems for humans 2) interested in animal rights and trying to use the argument that the similarity in the cognitive processes of humans and non-humans is grounds for more protection of the latter.<br /><br />In both cases the discovery of interesting cognitive activity not shared with humans isn't really the goal.Jonathan Badgerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04921990886076027719noreply@blogger.com