And this makes sense because his brain didn’t evolve to communicate complex ideas using words.
But some of them most certainly communicate with vocalization. The fact that some birds are able to mimic the non-bird sounds they hear points to their being very good with vocalization. What’s in a word besides being a set of vocalizations that communicates some meaning to another creature?
We’re seeing them as being related, but I think we are doing a lot of the heavy lifting here assigning intelligence where there may be a lot more random noise.
Possibly, and I’m not a bird lawyer. It starts to get kind of meta from this point. What is intelligence, and are we the arbiters of its definition?
… spent his time practicing identifying objects, …
Like with “step up” and “no biting”? Don’t get me wrong, you make good and valid points. I just think it’s more of a “grey” area (pun intended).
What’s in a word besides being a set of vocalizations that communicates some meaning to another creature?
That’s why I said “complex ideas.” Like a dog will yelp if it’s hurt, or stare out the back door when it wants out, but I wouldn’t consider that “language.”
The only difference between yelping and what Apollo is doing is that he sounds like a person.
And maybe discussing animal psychology is a little too off topic from my original point which is that things can seem more intelligent to us when they look or sound like people.
Like the fact that kids can form an emotional bond with a Tamagotchi which is no more sophisticated than a Casio wristwatch speaks more to how humans assign intelligence to life-like things than to how intelligent a Tamagotchi is.
“No biting” stood out to me, too.
But some of them most certainly communicate with vocalization. The fact that some birds are able to mimic the non-bird sounds they hear points to their being very good with vocalization. What’s in a word besides being a set of vocalizations that communicates some meaning to another creature?
Possibly, and I’m not a bird lawyer. It starts to get kind of meta from this point. What is intelligence, and are we the arbiters of its definition?
Like with “step up” and “no biting”? Don’t get me wrong, you make good and valid points. I just think it’s more of a “grey” area (pun intended).
That’s why I said “complex ideas.” Like a dog will yelp if it’s hurt, or stare out the back door when it wants out, but I wouldn’t consider that “language.”
The only difference between yelping and what Apollo is doing is that he sounds like a person.
And maybe discussing animal psychology is a little too off topic from my original point which is that things can seem more intelligent to us when they look or sound like people.
Like the fact that kids can form an emotional bond with a Tamagotchi which is no more sophisticated than a Casio wristwatch speaks more to how humans assign intelligence to life-like things than to how intelligent a Tamagotchi is.