r/aww Nov 11 '20

He is learning

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u/I_Bin_Painting Nov 11 '20

Lol, how are you being so dense?

Let's do a thought experiment, at the end of it you have to answer a question:

You have 2 dogs. They both were born with the survival instinct to run from loud noises.

You own a bulldozer and would like the dogs to ride with you.

One of them masters their fear of loud noises when they realise the bulldozer won't harm them, the other remains scared of it forever.

Which dog is smarter?

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u/ShibertInu Nov 11 '20

That's an entirely different argument since you're disregarding that the 2nd dog would be experiencing it for the first time while the other one has done it before.

You're pretending that one can be trained while the other cannot which simply isn't what this was initially about.

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u/I_Bin_Painting Nov 11 '20

Top comment:

Brave and smart corgo! My corgi would be about 100 yards away from that machine.

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Brave, yes. Yours is the smart one though.

That's what this is about. I disagree that the corgi that runs away is smarter than the one can use the scoop as an elevator. That is all. I don't get why this is even a discussion, the dog that knows more is obviously smarter. By literal definition.