Taxacom: systematics bias once again

[Richard Jensen]

John,

Other matters aside (children vs. adults), the title of the article doesn't
read "...All Other Apes,"  just ...Other Apes."  In that context, there is
no bias.  What was the title of the original article and did the authors
comment on the missing orangutan?  Could the perceived bias exist only in
your mind?

Cheers,

Richard J

On Thu, Jun 1, 2023 at 12:52 PM John Grehan via Taxacom <
taxacom at lists.ku.edu> wrote:

> In a recent press release titled "Temptation to Open Pandora's Box Could
> Set Us Apart From Other Apes"
>
> it was stated:
>
> Compared to apes, human children are more likely to open a mystery 'box'
> over one with known contents, a new study finds. This suggests that one
> thing that makes us unique as a species might be our innate sense of
> curiosity.
>
> Children "explored the uncertain options before the alternatives were
> presented, showing a higher degree of curiosity than the great apes,"
> psychologist Alejandro Sánchez-Amaro from the Max Planck Institute for
> Evolutionary Anthropology in Germany and cognitive scientist Federico
> Rossano from the University of California San Diego write in their
> published paper.
>
> Groups of 15 to 29 captive apes – a mix of chimps, gorillas, and bonobos –
> were tested using opaque and transparent upside-down cups containing juicy
> grape treats.
>
> There you have the obfuscation. The 'science' result was not about apes,
> but just African Great Apes. Never mind the orangutan which is in some
> respects smarter than African apes. All that can be said from the science
> is that in this experiment, human children are more likely to open a
> mystery box than African apes.Otherwise there is not much cognition going
> on, on the part of the researchers at least :)
>
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