Batu69 Posted September 7, 2016 Share Posted September 7, 2016 Is autonomy a sign of intelligence? It doesn’t look like it. Cats may seem more intelligent than dogs because they behave quite autonomous compared to dogs that are always waiting for commands. But the opposite might actually be true: social behavior seems to require bigger brains. It’s always hard to compare the intelligence of cats and dogs. Some studies point out that dogs can learn hundreds of words, other than cats. And they understand human gestures, like pointing, which even chimpanzees don’t seem to comprehend. But the cat lovers always have the same comeback: cats just don’t care. They don’t want to please humans as badly as dogs do, so they don’t even try to interpret their language and gestures. But researchers of the University of Oxford studied the intelligence of cats and dogs in another way. They looked at the growth of brains of various mammals over 60 million years and found that groups of mammals with relatively bigger brains tend to live in stable social groups. The brains of monkeys, for example, grew the most over time, followed by horses, dolphins, camels and dogs. The brains of more solitary mammals, such as cats, deer and rhino, grew much more slowly. The researchers explain their findings by suggesting that ‘the cooperation and coordination needed for group living can be so challenging that some mammals have evolved larger brains to be able to cope with the demands of socialising.’ Co-author Robin Dunbar: “It is interesting to see that even animals that have contact with humans, like cats, have much smaller brains than dogs and horses because of their lack of sociality.” Still, catlovers have an answer, like Telegraph author Pete Wedderburn. Brain size isn’t everything, he says. “The brains of dogs make up a smaller percentage of body mass than the brains of cats. And if we look at the numbers of neurons(the thinking part of the brain), humans have ten billion, cats have 300 million and dogs only have 160 million. Article source Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ballistic Gelatin Posted September 8, 2016 Share Posted September 8, 2016 50 minutes ago, Batu69 said: And if we look at the numbers of neurons (the thinking part of the brain), humans have ten billion, cats have 300 million and dogs only have 160 million. Article source Well, that tells me that dogs make more efficient use of their neurons than cats do for the same amount of brain 'exertion'. Dogs rule, cats rile. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shorty6100 Posted September 8, 2016 Share Posted September 8, 2016 My cat, who is sitting on my lap, does not agree. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryrynz Posted September 8, 2016 Share Posted September 8, 2016 I'd say dogs are generally smarter than cats, some cats will be smarter than some dogs though, they just think differently. The social animals will appear smarter to us.. but why are we bothering to compare the two? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jogs Posted September 8, 2016 Share Posted September 8, 2016 Its a bad understanding that size and growth of brain affects intelligence. A small animal with a small sized brain is as intelligent as a bigger animal with big brain. Some animal species have brains bigger than that of us, but they don't seem to be more intelligent. Its what inside the brain that matters i.e. the software, which has been described as the soul. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freeforever03 Posted September 8, 2016 Share Posted September 8, 2016 It is like they say: Dogs have masters and cats have "staff." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knowledge-Spammer Posted September 8, 2016 Share Posted September 8, 2016 i think dogs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SnakeMasteR Posted September 8, 2016 Share Posted September 8, 2016 Seen lots of dumb dogs, reason enough to get a cat. Nothing changed. ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator DKT27 Posted September 8, 2016 Administrator Share Posted September 8, 2016 I think the better question would be, who makes a better or good use of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holmes Posted September 8, 2016 Share Posted September 8, 2016 I have seen humans with a bigger brain and not as intelligent as humans with a smaller brain my friend kayla has a big brain and is less intelligent then my friend patrick whos brain is smaller kayla has made alot of dumb decisions very dumb decisions patrick has a high iq one hundred and forty minimum and is the best hacker I know. When it goes to animals I have seen alot of cat videos where cats do dumb shit I mean it could be there decision making that is flawed and they think differently and some cats do that and some dont its like humans everybody is different what kills one person can make a different person live for a long time and what can make someone live a long time can kill a different person who can say the same shit doesnt apply to cats and dogs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
46&2 Posted September 8, 2016 Share Posted September 8, 2016 Quote I have seen humans with a bigger brain and not as intelligent as humans with a smaller brain my friend kayla has a big brain and is less intelligent then my friend patrick whos brain is smaller kayla has made alot of dumb decisions very dumb decisions patrick has a high iq one hundred and forty minimum and is the best hacker I know. When it goes to animals I have seen alot of cat videos where cats do dumb shit I mean it could be there decision making that is flawed and they think differently and some cats do that and some dont its like humans everybody is different what kills one person can make a different person live for a long time and what can make someone live a long time can kill a different person who can say the same shit doesnt apply to cats and dogs. :whythis: er..ummmm... WOW! anyways... My dog is smarter than my cat, but just try and tell him that, he is currently winning at scrabble! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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