Are You Smarter Than A Chimp?

[jake-the-peg]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-24836917

I was but at 6/9 only just

[naomi24]

I can't even get into the test. Says a lot for me. ;o)

[sddsddean]

Only 4 out of 9! I think all those BBC documentaries have been misinforming me!!

[jomifl]

I scored 2/9 but a chimp couldn't have built this computer :-)

[ludwig]

4/9 - Chimp level.

[Mamyalynne]

won't let me in

[Mamyalynne]

3/9, will the Chimp move up please.

[aelmpvw]

http://ww
w.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00nzs13
i'm certainly not smarter than this chap

[mallyh]

give me a banana and i'll tell you .

[aelmpvw]

and the link doesn't work either :-)

[sandyRoe]

3. And when I was at the shop this morning I forgot I needed to stock up on bananas.

[ludwig]

^ a chimp would never forget to do that sandy

[chrissa1]

2/9. Oh dear.

[aelmpvw]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00nzs13

[sandyRoe]

True enough, Ludwig. Most people spend their lives slogging their guts out at jobs they hate while chimps in their natural habitat spend their days lounging around enjoying themselves. I'm not sure if tests are needed to show who's smartest.

[jomifl]

Sandy, chimps may be smarter than humans (well me at least) but at a guess I'd say there are more humans than chimps.

[sandyRoe]

That just goes to show that they care more about the environment. They're not breeding like rabbits, destroying other creatures habitats to produce more for themselves,devouring all the resources, and polluting our world. There's much we could learn from them.

[doctordb]

7/9. After two questions I quickly learned to go for the opposite of my first instinct. A chimp couldn't do that, although, they do peel bananas more efficiently from the opposite end than us, which deserves some credit.

[jake-the-peg]

Yes - this is a 'prejudice test' isn't it

The chimp is a random participant and the options are structured to expose people's prejudices and stereotypes

Quite clever I thought

[sandyRoe]

doctorb, I'm sure I saw sometime in the past film of a chimp peeling a banana with its feet. In the face of such adroitness what can we do but stand and gape in admiration and amazement.

[Stephen_G]

3/9 :-( All together now...