Do fish have good/poor memory?
If you were a fish (with a human intelligence), this question might feel like an insult. There are over 50,000 (and climbing, as our technology allows us to further probe the cracks, corners, and ass-end of the earth) species of fishes. Far more than all 4-legged animals combined. This means that a more precise question would be "do tetrapods have good/poor memory"?.
Imaging a forum for Atlantic Cod discussing this question... One cod one says "they have terrible memories, predators attack mourning doves, and the idiots return to the exact same spot within 5 minutes." Another says, "no way cod, elephants have 1000's of miles mapped in their heads, and can precisely return to any one of hundreds of places anytime they want; even if they haven't been there for years". A third cod pipes in, "humans are a bit strange. it seems that a single human can remember almost anything, but when you get them in groups, they continually make errors an individual would learn not to repeat".
Truth is, memory is one of the most primative forms of "intelligence". It was one of natures early upgrades - the CD-R to the CD-RW. Communication and problem solving (two things that rarely occur on public forums) are two far more derived elements of intelligence. Sarcasm, on the other hand, is widely considered the most primitive form of communication
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If you were a fish (with a human intelligence), this question might feel like an insult. There are over 50,000 (and climbing, as our technology allows us to further probe the cracks, corners, and ass-end of the earth) species of fishes. Far more than all 4-legged animals combined. This means that a more precise question would be "do tetrapods have good/poor memory"?.
Imaging a forum for Atlantic Cod discussing this question... One cod one says "they have terrible memories, predators attack mourning doves, and the idiots return to the exact same spot within 5 minutes." Another says, "no way cod, elephants have 1000's of miles mapped in their heads, and can precisely return to any one of hundreds of places anytime they want; even if they haven't been there for years". A third cod pipes in, "humans are a bit strange. it seems that a single human can remember almost anything, but when you get them in groups, they continually make errors an individual would learn not to repeat".
Truth is, memory is one of the most primative forms of "intelligence". It was one of natures early upgrades - the CD-R to the CD-RW. Communication and problem solving (two things that rarely occur on public forums) are two far more derived elements of intelligence. Sarcasm, on the other hand, is widely considered the most primitive form of communication