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>From: jkp@cs.HUT.FI (Jyrki Kuoppala)
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Subject: Re: Animal Intelligence vs Human Intelligence
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Date: 14 Nov 91 13:46:25 GMT
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In article <1991Nov7.010130.28204@hilbert.cyprs.rain.com>, max@hilbert (Max Webb) writes:
>Look a little closer. Lying is very sophisticated behavior.

I don't agree - in many cases it's not.  I think you presume too much
logicality on Washoe (humans in general also presume too much
logicality on other humans).

I think that the long logical deductions like you presented are not a
natural way for a human (or Washoe) mind to work.  Sometimes people
work this way, `rationally', but in many if not most cases they just
act on how they feel (what their associations tell them) and there's
no way to follow the thought process as a clear-cut logical process as
you did.

//Jyrki


