/sci/ - Science & Math

>>2122279

>>...can Dolphin imagine 3 dimensional objects? serious question

They communicate in three dimensional sonar imagery, so I'd say yes, they can imagine 3D objects.

"Studying the Big Brained Dolphin"

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/21/science/21conversation.html?_r=1&ref=science

>>1915563
>>Implying their brains are little

With the glial mass subtracted, the grey matter itself is still slightly greater than that of a human brain.

Some of the great apes have intelligence approaching ours, but lack the capacity for some higher modes of thought. Dolphins seem to have these capacities, and more. They score an average 100 on purely symbolic species-agnostic touchscreen IQ tests designed to test for recognition of patterns, mathematical and logical concepts, etc.

In other words, while we are more closely related to chimps, it is dolphins who are closest to us in terms of intelligence. They may even be our match. Should they be granted legal personhood?