Tim Tyler: Whales are much smarter than humans

A video about how smart whales are - in comparison with humans.

Transcript: http://alife.co.uk/essays/whales_are_much_smarter_than_humans/

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Science & Technology

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• whale
• smarter
• human
• brain

[David0Schofield]

"It's not the size that matters, it's how you use it." Is the old saying, and this is proven in BRAIN SIZE. Sperm whales may have a bigger brain, but Body/Brain ratio proves HUMANS HAVE A LARGER BRAIN IN COMPARASSON. They have a larger brain than even Dolphins. Praise be to the B/B/R!

Now, another point: whales swim underwater but have to go to the surface for Air... Humans are superior, hell, fish are superior. They specialize in something and don't have to waste half an hour breathing.

[tmtyler]

Ants have the biggest brain-to-body ratio (6% brain). Then come small birds and rodents. It seems like a dubious way to measure smartness.

[petkish]

The level of intelligence is not very tightly correlated with brain mass. The brain organization plays bigger role.

We are more intelligent than any living thing around because we can build abstract models like no other species. We have developed this thanks to being primates - social, using tools and, finally, speech.

Then why the whales have brains so huge? If they just store their songs, they are the biggest mp3 players ever. But I think they maybe memorize very well - far better than us.

[giggityeffyou]

if theyre so smart... why do we live in houses, drive cars, fly planes, make porn, watch tv, eat burgers, etc and they cant?!

[fackinglollig]

@tmtyler I thought it was the tree-shrew that had the biggest brain-to-body ratio.

[ardeuz1]

Look human history.. its frigging dull just for hundreds of thousand years untill something happened. Whales dont have hands nor can they make fire in water.. just think about it, they cant make tools or use them efficiently. If brain size doesnt matter your denying another science fact. It might not be all there is but still.. dont think you are scientists and come here making your imaginary facts.

[connor123987]

i completely agree with you! but man do you look like harry potter if he was 25 years older...

[truthseeker010101]

@tcgreen11 nice opinion, science disagrees

[truthseeker010101]

I was doing my normal research when areas of knowledge suddenly started coming together and I realized that I am not the smartest animal on my planet, some animals are smarter.

[63Bueno]

Its all abut the Orca dude....they are much smarter than any other whale species.....their language, organization, hunting techniques and kindness towards humans(they love people out in the wild) proves they are the apex creature in the sea....that we know of at least...alot of ocean we have yet to explore...

[tcgreen11]

Really? Lol, some commenters here are dumber than rocks! Size is utterly irrelevant. Its like saying a 1950s room size cray computer would be smarter than a modern desktop PC. Its about wiring and function efficiency, along with programming. The programs and systematic function processes is what makes us incredibly more intelligent than whales, while they may have stronger, idk...navigational processes. Its all evidence of specific design. Lol, arguing size or shape primarily determines IQ, dumb

[LyriMetacurl]

Attempts should be made to communicate with whales!

[proofandevidence]

@garsofwar5 I'm retarded? Whales don't even have wifi yet, their a bunch of fucking losers!