Oh the inequity!

Excerpt from a TEDTalks video on moral behavior in animals. Full video here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GcJxRqTs5nk
Yogisays...

>> ^dapper:

is the next step to try this with monkeys that do not know each other? I wonder how or if that would impact their behaviour.


Oh cool...and different species of monkeys. We could even change the color of their fur and see if that does anything! Oh the possibilities are endless with this shit, man I wish I was a scientist with some monkeys to play with!

silvercordsays...

Wonder what would happen if you gave them unequal tasks. Let's say one would have to work harder for the grape. Would the other also figure out that if it wanted grapes it would have to exert more effort? Or would it be satisfied with cucumbers?

Truckchasesays...

What about that poor research assistant job creator? She should get to keep all the grapes and give the monkeys one cucumber slice to split. With all this uncertainty she might have to let the monkeys go.

siftbotsays...

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