Human intelligence vs. other animals

One measure of relative intelligence between animals.

The encephalization quotient or EQ) is a rough estimate of the possible intelligence of an organism. It can be defined as the ratio of the actual brain weight to the expected brain weight of a typical animal that size, EQ=w(brain)/Ew(brain).

Of course this measure keeps humans on top.
But interesting how much closer bottlenose dolphins are to humans than chimps...


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Bicycle City

In the Southern U.S., instead of building another golf cart development, why not a bicycle city?



A nice sign of progress: toward appropriate technology.

Charleston City Paper

Bicycle City