Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!uunet!mcsun!hp4nl!donau!dutecal.et.tudelft.nl!linden From: linden@dutecal.et.tudelft.nl (;Hans van der Linden) Newsgroups: sci.bio Subject: Re: are chimps smarter than dolphins? Message-ID: <1991Jun23.133553.29294@donau.et.tudelft.nl> Date: 23 Jun 91 13:35:53 GMT References: <1991Jun21.094620@aifh.ed.ac.uk> <12184@hub.ucsb.edu> <1991Jun23.014533.22228@bnlux1.bnl.gov> Sender: news@donau.et.tudelft.nl (UseNet News System) Organization: Delft University of Technology, Dep. of Electrical engineering Lines: 18 Nntp-Posting-Host: dutecal.et.tudelft.nl In article <1991Jun23.014533.22228@bnlux1.bnl.gov> kyee@bnlux1.bnl.gov (kenton yee) writes: >In article <12184@hub.ucsb.edu> 6600spam@ucsbuxa.ucsb.edu (Tom Maynard) writes: >>In article <1991Jun21.094620@aifh.ed.ac.uk> bjr@aifh.ed.ac.uk (Brian J Ross) writes: >>>In article <1991Jun20.015644.11346@bnlux1.bnl.gov> kyee@bnlux1.bnl.gov (kenton yee) writes: >>>>can an expert tell us if chimps or dolphins/porpoises would do >>>>better on scholastic-type intelligence tests? >> >>>Dolphins know more about sharks than chimps. >>Chimps can hold pencils much more effectively. Also, scantron forms >>work very poorly underwater. >>Chimps:1 Dolphins:1 >>Anyone for a tie-breaker? >>--Tom Maynard 6600spam@ucsbuxa.ucsb.edu >> Undergrad Bio-Geek at Large... > >ok, forget the test. who would do better in a phd program? For that matter, who would conduct one better?