Or the standard of university students today...
2007-12-04 03:21:35 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Higher Education (University +)
It says that our future should consist of more bananas.
2007-12-04 03:24:31 · answer #1 · answered by Jazzy, I Miss U Love! 6 · 2⤊ 2⤋
Nothing really, other then we now know that chimps have a better short term memory than humans. It's not like this is a new evolutionary break through for the chimps or an sudden evolutionary downgrade for humans; I'm sure it's been the case for some time now. The fact is, the students are still much smarter and more capable than the chimps and memory really has nothing to do with it.
Besides, do you really want everyone to be a mindless zombie simply repeating what they memorized in college? The ability to memorize large amounts of data doesn't make you any more intelligent or a better thinker, it only enables you to regurgitate already known facts.
2007-12-04 03:32:27 · answer #2 · answered by limaxray 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
This story is a good example of the media gleefully misunderstanding a bit of research. What was being tested was the ability to recall a sequence after a few seconds - a test of very short term memory. (not intelligence)
The Chimps did about as well as humans - not all that surprising, seeing how close we are as species, but they made their choices faster, on average. In other words, whether they were right or wrong, they made they decision faster than humans. How that was interpreted as 'Chimps have better memories than humans' is a triumph of journalism!
2007-12-04 03:35:55 · answer #3 · answered by Avondrow 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Interesting. I think i have a rather good memory. I can remember a lot of information, though perhaps not so much as a chimp.
EDIT: I actually wanted to say that as a student and in everyday life, i have to remember certain things. Chimps dont have the sort of priorities and everyday stresses that human beings have to endure. I think that comparison is really daft.
2007-12-04 10:17:50 · answer #4 · answered by sarah 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think it's more accurate to assume chimps have a better memory than most university students because chimps have a lot less to be concerned about.
Is this study supposed to determine short term memory? Long term?
We live in a go, go, go society... everything is rushed... and everything is watered down. Blame the media, government, yourself, whoever you wish... but it really doesn't leave us much time for developing our 'power of memory'... the people 'running' our society don't want us to take the time and think about life because we might start coming up with our own ideas and realize the bull they're feeding us... so keep us busy and dull (with the help of reality TV, Facebook and other social networking sites, unjust wars, etc).
We really live in a world that's been going around in circles for years... we evolve a little, then de-evolve, and so forth, and so forth... I don't think we're any worse (or better) off than we were 500 years ago... and I fully believe the same will apply for the next 500 years. In this age of technology it's easier for the big leaders to corrupt society to what they want it to be, but it's also easier for your 'average Joe' to educate himself and fight back.
2007-12-04 03:31:04 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
The previous answerer got it right in just a few words. I am 50 and can speak about memories. The good ones can make you smile for a moment but in the end leave you sad,because you realize those times are gone for good. On the other hand the bad ones make you feel almost heroic,you tell yourself "How could I ever survive or overcome that" and you think those times are gone for good - Thank God. There are also the memories of things that were just nice and pleasant but not in extreme and those are the ones you can think about without a strong emotional reaction,they simply make you dreamy.
2016-04-07 07:51:08 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
By our actions,in decimating the rain forests,we are curtailing the lives,habitats and future of all chimps, and, their arboreal relations.Fortunately,if they are destroyed, then so shall we be as well.This will solve mother earths problems,with us gone, she may recover.The scientists now realise it is too late to stop our future (dare i say) discomfort.My advice is--buy a good bicycle and carry your own water bottle.As far as intelligence comparisons are concerned,each life form has the brain and intellect it needs to survive,the difference being ,humans abuse the gift.
2007-12-04 03:33:56 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Students don't need to remember things; we can carry information with us on flash drives and such. The human memory has been declining since the invention of writing, when people no longer had to memorize everything. It says less about students and more about technology.
2007-12-04 03:30:44 · answer #8 · answered by Caitlin 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Oh, that was one chimpanzee, working at one particular task.
There are thousands of things that a student could do that the chimp could not.
People are as intelligent today as they have ever been. The "bell-shaped" curve continues to describe how learning ability is distributed.
2007-12-04 03:27:27 · answer #9 · answered by jotacar 7 · 3⤊ 2⤋
i have seen what classes you can take in uni these days.and it does not surprise me.i think a chimp would come top of the class.
2007-12-04 03:30:32 · answer #10 · answered by peter o 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
the chimps aren't forced to take task, and tasp tests
2007-12-04 03:25:34 · answer #11 · answered by goodgirlabout2gobad 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋