[ExI] genetics

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From: extropy-chat <extropy-chat-bounces at lists.extropy.org> On Behalf Of
BillK via extropy-chat
Subject: Re: [ExI] genetics

On Tue, 1 Mar 2022 at 15:05, William Flynn Wallace via extropy-chat
<extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
>
> How come Mother Nature created the immense amount of differences among
people?  People have IQs as low as 60 and as high as 220 or so with no
discoverable physical reasons.  Other skills similar.
>
> But mainly I want to know:  is there this amount of diversity among any
animal groups?  I, and probably most people, think of animals like bears or
chimps as being much the same, but it would seem that they aren't, but I
have no data.   bill w
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>...Any dog owner will tell you that some dogs are smart and some really
stupid.
Border collies and poodles are *really* smart.
Cats also have a range of IQ. Siamese cats are about the smartest.
Hard to tell though, as cats are smart enough to not co-operate with
researchers' games trying to test them.  :)


BillK
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I had three pure-bred Dobermans.  One was smart enough to catch and kill a
rattlesnake without getting bit.  One was smart enough to open a sliding
door (she watched us do it and did likewise (she also learned to open a door
with a lever handle (one paw on the wall, the other on the handle, push down
and pull (oh that was most impressive to see.))  One could *almost* catch a
frisbee out of the air (after which he would shred the thing.)  

None of the three Dobermans would fetch a stick.  If you threw it, they
would sit there.  If you pointed, they would look at your hand.  You would
tell them to fetch the stick, they would just look at you with a puzzled
whaaaaat expression.  The neighbor's retriever knew to fetch a stick when he
was 4 months old, no prompting required.  My dogs would watch him do it and
get good-boys, but mine never did figure out to do likewise.  (Perhaps they
were puzzled by the retriever, reasoning: the tall one threw it away, so
apparently he doesn't want it, why do you keep bringing it back you silly
dog?)

With animals, including the human kind, it depends on the IQ test Billw.

spike