MUST WATCH THIS GAME OF CHIMP VS HUMAN!!

Who do you think won the game?

A study by Caltech researchers, published in Scientific Reports on June 5, 2014, revealed that chimpanzees consistently outperform humans in the "Inspection Game," a competitive task rooted in game theory. The game, involving strategic hide-and-seek behaviors, demonstrated that chimps rapidly learned optimal strategies close to Nash equilibrium predictions, while humans, both in Japan and Guinea, fell short.

Possible reasons for chimpanzee superiority include their strong short-term memory and competitive social structure, which fosters continual practice of such skills. In contrast, humans' reliance on cooperation, language, and abstract thinking may explain their relative disadvantage in straightforward competitive tasks.

The study suggests that evolutionary trade-offs, including the "cognitive tradeoff hypothesis," might explain why human brains prioritize language and categorization over immediate competitive strategies. Researchers aim to explore neural pathways to further understand these species-specific differences.

Sources:

https://www.scientificamerican.com/.../chimps-outplay.../

https://www.caltech.edu/.../surprising-results-game...

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