Chimp vs Human! | Memory Test | BBC Earth

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[driinun]

2:49 it's really convenient they found that dude just as they wanted to talk about him, who knows how many trees they might have had to search

[MaxChaplin]

2:45 I love the implication that they went into the wild to literally track down a scientist in his natural habitat.

[ncky]

you can see that “im better than you” smile

[QuantumBraced]

When they first showed him solving the puzzle in like 3 seconds my jaw dropped...

[BenjusJamentus]

I'm more impressed by the fact that they are able to recognize the numbers 1-9 and see them in the same order as we do

[mariuspedersen]

"They have evolved"
*starts eating wood*

[tylersasser]

Not only do they seem to know how to recognize numbers in the correct order but being able to memorize them being blank out in literally 0.5 seconds and still get it right is incredible.

[sisyphusishappy]

From the comments here, I learned that humans have the biggest ego in all of the species.

[danielplainview]

I bet chimps would be awesome at video games...

[warpromo]

3:07
"They have evolved"
*shows chimpanzee biting corner of wood*

[sanpopnoobear]

Notice how the guy has so long to look at the numbers and the chimp gets a millisecond. That's amazing

[nowherenearby]

2:10 HE'S SMILING AND HE'S SO CUTE

[Grab_N]

"We volunteered Chris, the director of the program, to demonstrate this test."

You forced Chris into a box with promises of candy and peanuts.

[rs]

After every round, there should be something on the screen that says "You lost to a Chimpanzee!"

[DFMurray]

The loss of advances short term memory cognitive abilities in favor of long term memory pattern recognition is an evolutionary leap towards higher intelligence. Short term memory is excellent for split decision survival skills, but in the long run it is humans long term memory cognitive reasoning that increases beyond the survival of here and now. To equate this evolutionary leap to chess it is the difference between being able to plan multiple moves into the future and memorizing the current position of all pieces on the chessboard. In evolutionary survival terms being able to plan moves into the future is far superior.

[imcd]

2:11 that smirk
He’s like “yeah im smarter then y’all”

[DecreeB]

Quick question: Am I the only one that doesn't memorize the number's location themselves, and instead memorizes a path that connects them all? For me, it's easier to draw a path in my mind (kind of like connect the dots), then all you have to do is remember the shape of the path, and the end at which it starts. All you have to do at that point is follow the line, it's actually pretty simple.

[gerardotrejo]

Seems like the wrong species is being held in captivity

[selinakay]

How did they teach them the correct order for the numbers initially?

[nothinatall]

1:47 he doesn't even need to look at the screen to press the numbers in order