For those of y'all who get off on calling President Bush some kind of chimpanzee slur or Chimpy McHitlerburton...
Never mind that TV show that asks if you're smarter than a fifth-grader. Is your memory better than a young chimp's?Maybe not.
Japanese researchers pitted young chimps against human adults in two tests of short-term memory, and overall, the chimps won.
That challenges the belief of many people, including many scientists, that "humans are superior to chimpanzees in all cognitive functions," researcher Tetsuro Matsuzawa, of Kyoto University, said.
"No one can imagine that chimpanzees — young chimpanzees at the age of 5 — have a better performance in a memory task than humans," he said in a statement.
I'm surprised that the Chronicle didn't attempt a Bush-bash in the piece, but they appear to be just copy-pasting the important stuff from Associated Press these days.
You know, because they're sooooooooooooo ready for today (which is why the side of the building with that ad on it is covered with plastic and scaffolding).
Comments (2)
Seems like that test, as done, tells more about hand eye coordination than brain power. The chimps weren't more accurate, just faster. Grown chimps were slower than the college kids.
And really, what's a young chimp got on it's mind that's so pressing. The college kids and the older chimps are clearly distracted.
That said, Bush doesn't look nearly as much like a chimp as Goerge Burns did. George Burns looked like the missing link, plus, he was old enough. I love me a little chimpy guy named george. Just not the one who bankrupted the govt to kill half a million people for no clear reason.
Say goodnight Cheney.
Posted by Caleb Bullen | December 3, 2007 1:55 PM
Posted on December 3, 2007 13:55
George Burns said he'd play a gig at 100. Instead, he was on his back, dying.
The fink!
Posted by Laurence Simon | December 4, 2007 3:34 PM
Posted on December 4, 2007 15:34