Yeah, that’s true. Intelligence covers a bunch of different areas, and we usually only judge it based on a few of them. Like, we know some animals use tools, and I think that’s a pretty big sign of intelligence.

But I also think we lack certain sensory capabilities and maybe the reasoning ability to evaluate them. Our mental processes only grasp concepts within our world view.

siggy47

Animal_World

Are We Smart Enough to Know How Smart Animals Are?

I guess in general we can use our own intelligence as a reference to study the intelligence of other species. The thing is, a lot of the time we just don’t have enough info about a certain species, so the analysis ends up super incomplete.

