• Question: Do squirrels think the same way we do?

    Asked by anon-187902 to Pizza Ka Yee on 14 Nov 2018.
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      Pizza Ka Yee Chow answered on 14 Nov 2018:

      Sometime yes, sometimes no (or not yet discovered). Yes – for example in decision making, squirrels and human beings are similar in the sense of both try to maximize gains (rewards) and minimize time to achieve these rewards. Both are also goal-oriented to reach what they want. Both also show that they will learn the successful solution when experiencing the same problem over and over again. Both will be able to recall the successful solution when the same problem shows up and be able to apply the learned solution to solve a similar problem 🙂

      No (or not yet discovered) is because different species have different life styles, their thinking process shall adapt to the style of living in order to increase survival rate.

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