Elephant nose intelligence

Slip: I have seen COUNTLESS documentaries that stated we used 20 percent of our brains (some of us.. less :) ) Proof that we were smarter then the first moments our ancestors climbed out of the trees and started to walk. Hey....they didnt know how to make fire. We are VASTLY more intelligent then they were. OUr minds and bodies evolved to what it is today. For the other strains of primates, they failed because us homo sapiens beat them in understanding tools and we killed them off. Just like the elephant nose evolved to become what it is today. 10 percent of all freshwater fish in africa...its alot IMO.


This is a SCIENTIFIC discussion. Please dont involve Religion into it.
 
more intelligent?

without any contact with other humans we wouldnt know how to make fire... heck, the majority of us couldnt figure out how to eat berries.
the fact that someone at sometime discovered how to make and use fire seems much more intelligent than us being told it by another person. Us knowing how to make fire now is a result of being able to socialize and remember, not creativity or logic. I dont see how that argument proves anything.


How do they prove that we 20% of our brains? and what did we do with the other 80%, is that just for show? so our head isnt crooked or anything?
 
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Knowledge and intelligence are two different animals. You know how to make fire because you were taught by someone else, who was taught by yet another person.

Creativity and intelligence are related, however. The FIRST guy to rub sticks together was very creative and had problem solving ability. The inventor of the paper clip? Same thing. Creativity is what separates us from primates...

Also, science and religion are not necessarily exclusive, but, like I said (and so did you), this isn't the place for it....
 
Originally posted by JamisonBWolsh
I never said 80 percent of our brain is useless. We just dont know how to use it. As we evolve, perhaps we will use more of it. Remember, when we were primates, we used alot less. What will happen to us if we use 100 percent? Who knows. Alot of poeple say ESP and various other senses will be improved. All I know is we use 20 percent...the other 80 percent goes unused because we dont know how to use it....YET. How this all comes togethor with the elephant nose? who knows?

I guess for us humans to EVOLVE there has to be a change in the environment or life itself.
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Who says primates use a smaller percentage of their brains than we do? 80% unused because we dont know how to use it yet? All this borders on pseudoscience and I'm not sure where you're getting this from, but i'd like to see.
 
So them this proves that the Elephant nose most be intelligent. Example: My elephant nose been in my tank since it was young (bought the smallest one at 2 inches), so it never encountered other fish species that are in my tank from the wild. But it uses creativity to "play with the other fish". It knows one way to "irritate" my petricola catfish, it would use its nose and go under the catfish while it swims and the catfish swims away. Otherwise, the catfish doesnt budge. Any other fish that tries to move the catfish, fails. With my tinfoils and affinis, it swims next to the fishes gills and uses the nose to gently coax the fish away from the elephant nose. and then swims with them untill they swim away. It LEARNS ways to "irritate" other fish that disrespects the elephant nose. I heard of one person who kept a BGK and elephant nose in the same tank and the Elephant nose killed the ghost after a while...


This is one CREATIVE fish!
 
First of all wow this post has received alot of replies from when I checked in last. Second of all what are you saying Oscars arent won of the more intelligent aquarium fish Jamison are you kidding me get a clue. How old are you? Where are all these documents you state you have all the time? You say one thing and the document never takes it to that extent. One more question???? What you think Oscars arent smart? HA LOL
 
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