You guys are missing the bigger picture on this story.... These tests on the chimps have been going on since the early 90's. These chimps the humans were up against have been doing the same thing for years.... I don't believe it was a fair comparison.
I seen this during an episode of The Nature of Things with David Suzuki if memory serves correctly. But I remember they got peanuts for getting it right, it was a quick shot of the numbers on a black and white screen, and they had to pick the order. I believe this started in either Japan or China (Leaning on Japan)
One chimp that is stuck in my memory is one who got it wrong a couple of times in a row and boy did he start getting pissed, lol.
Granted, I know chimps and many others related to us all, are all very bright and intelligent, but when you got these chimps doing it for years, the same repetitive routine for food, it'd be just like us punching in our pin numbers for debt cards, certain phone numbers from memory, etc.
Throw a couple of humans off the street to test against these chimps..... ain't balanced in anyway. Stick the same chimps against one's which were never exposed to the game and see what happens.
These chimps have a very clear understanding of what the numbers and orders mean... just not what we use them for....
Human: Put coin in slot, puch G5 to get your salted peanuts from the machine.
Chimp: See numbers, Punch code in order to get your peanuts from the machine.
Do it for a while, you hardly even have to look anymore. It's not just intelligence level, it's basic personal priority..... but they get their peanuts for free..... so who are the real monkeys
