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		rsync on Aug 31, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Crows are even smarter than we thought What if they’re all, by our own definition, intelligent… … but what makes us special is that we’re the only ones who care ? What if ego is the unique human trait? What if the reason my goats don’t communicate with me isn’t because they’re dumb… but because they couldn’t care less ?

qup on Aug 31, 2024 | [–]

Okay, but have you been around a goat?

Hold a bucket of grain and they will have the incredible urgent desire to communicate with you.

card_zero on Aug 31, 2024 | [–]

Ego, motivation, a sense of quest, existential dread, trouble-making. Perhaps so.

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