https://nitter.net/rmcentush/status/1731050675923239268

  • Frank [he/him, he/him]
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    11 months ago

    Urban raccoons have gotten measurably better and solving puzzles in just the last few decades, I'm told.

    Evolution can happen real fast sometimes.

    • BodyBySisyphus [he/him]
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      11 months ago

      The challenge, I think, lies in jumping the gap between simple intelligence and tool use to the sorts of things that civilization is built on - language, social coordination on large spatiotemporal scales, and a little je ne sais quois. Stuff that's hard to replicate in small populations and artificial conditions.