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Cats are smarter than people
    #19336914 - 12/28/13 12:36 PM (10 years, 1 month ago)

At least until you see a cat feeding a person, or kitty scraping out shit from a human litter box.


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Re: Cats are smarter than people [Re: LunarEclipse]
    #19336954 - 12/28/13 12:48 PM (10 years, 1 month ago)

Cats certainly seem smarter than some people.


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Re: Cats are smarter than people [Re: Into The Woods] * 4
    #19336964 - 12/28/13 12:50 PM (10 years, 1 month ago)

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Cats certainly seem smarter than some people.




Well dirt seems smarter than "some" people.  What's your point?


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Re: Cats are smarter than people [Re: LunarEclipse]
    #19337104 - 12/28/13 01:34 PM (10 years, 1 month ago)

I wasn't talking about you. :facepalm:


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Re: Cats are smarter than people [Re: Into The Woods]
    #19337111 - 12/28/13 01:35 PM (10 years, 1 month ago)

How do you define intelligence, OP? :laugh:


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Re: Cats are smarter than people [Re: LunarEclipse]
    #19337132 - 12/28/13 01:43 PM (10 years, 1 month ago)

When cats go into space in their own ships, then we can talk.


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Re: Cats are smarter than people [Re: hmmn]
    #19337150 - 12/28/13 01:45 PM (10 years, 1 month ago)

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How do you define intelligence, OP? :laugh:




Let's start with just plain awareness.  Cats win hands down.  Cats can sense nervousness, hear better, see better, respond better, hunt better, survive better.  Feral or loved pet they can adapt better. 

Not sure if that means they are more intelligent on the SATs but you get the idea.


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Re: Cats are smarter than people [Re: OrgoneConclusion]
    #19337158 - 12/28/13 01:47 PM (10 years, 1 month ago)

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When cats go into space in their own ships, then we can talk.




OK Major Tom.  What did your venture gain you?



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Re: Cats are smarter than people [Re: LunarEclipse]
    #19337170 - 12/28/13 01:50 PM (10 years, 1 month ago)



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Re: Cats are smarter than people [Re: OrgoneConclusion]
    #19337181 - 12/28/13 01:54 PM (10 years, 1 month ago)

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Denise Richards FTW.

Except for the wait part.



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Re: Cats are smarter than people [Re: LunarEclipse]
    #19337198 - 12/28/13 01:58 PM (10 years, 1 month ago)

Next you are going to be telling us that women are smarter than men!

:superiority:


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Re: Cats are smarter than people [Re: OrgoneConclusion]
    #19337209 - 12/28/13 02:01 PM (10 years, 1 month ago)

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Next you are going to be telling us that women are smarter than men!

:superiority:




I'm just saying go to PetSmart see who is smart.  The Pet!


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Re: Cats are smarter than people [Re: LunarEclipse]
    #19337224 - 12/28/13 02:05 PM (10 years, 1 month ago)

You got me there...

:justastonishing:


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Re: Cats are smarter than people [Re: LunarEclipse]
    #19337301 - 12/28/13 02:26 PM (10 years, 1 month ago)

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Denise Richards FTW.

Except for the wait part.






That's not Denise richards. Its Jeri Ryan: www.imdb.com/name/nm0005394/


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Re: Cats are smarter than people [Re: LunarEclipse]
    #19337545 - 12/28/13 03:40 PM (10 years, 1 month ago)

I think you are very smart LunarEclipse. :blush:


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Re: Cats are smarter than people [Re: Kingofdiamonds]
    #19340593 - 12/29/13 07:49 AM (10 years, 1 month ago)

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LunarEclipse said:
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Denise Richards FTW.

Except for the wait part.






That's not Denise richards. Its Jeri Ryan: www.imdb.com/name/nm0005394/




Well yeah, I was just saying Denise Richards was hotter.  Although the Charlie Sheen thing was a little creepy. 



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Re: Cats are smarter than people [Re: LunarEclipse]
    #19341045 - 12/29/13 11:04 AM (10 years, 1 month ago)

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How do you define intelligence, OP? :laugh:




Let's start with just plain awareness.  Cats win hands down.  Cats can sense nervousness, hear better, see better, respond better, hunt better, survive better.  Feral or loved pet they can adapt better. 

Not sure if that means they are more intelligent on the SATs but you get the idea.




But...what does this have to do with the litter-box changing test of intelligence? :confused:

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At least until you see a cat feeding a person, or kitty scraping out shit from a human litter box.




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Re: Cats are smarter than people [Re: hmmn]
    #19341061 - 12/29/13 11:07 AM (10 years, 1 month ago)

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hmmn said:
How do you define intelligence, OP? :laugh:




Let's start with just plain awareness.  Cats win hands down.  Cats can sense nervousness, hear better, see better, respond better, hunt better, survive better.  Feral or loved pet they can adapt better. 

Not sure if that means they are more intelligent on the SATs but you get the idea.




But...what does this have to do with the litter-box changing test of intelligence? :confused:

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At least until you see a cat feeding a person, or kitty scraping out shit from a human litter box.







I got smart and put in a pet door.  Now kitty just brings in live birds, mice, and lizards and releases them.  He's teaching me to catch live prey in case the SHTF.


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Re: Cats are smarter than people [Re: hmmn]
    #19341151 - 12/29/13 11:36 AM (10 years, 1 month ago)

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But...what does this have to do with the litter-box changing test of intelligence? :confused:




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Re: Cats are smarter than people [Re: hmmn]
    #19341162 - 12/29/13 11:41 AM (10 years, 1 month ago)

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But...what does this have to do with the litter-box changing test of intelligence? :confused:




:confused:




You seem confused.  Grab your scooper.


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Re: Cats are smarter than people [Re: LunarEclipse]
    #19341934 - 12/29/13 02:56 PM (10 years, 1 month ago)

Cats aren't smart enough to feed people. Case closed.


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Re: Cats are smarter than people [Re: Aopocetx]
    #19341994 - 12/29/13 03:05 PM (10 years, 1 month ago)

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Cats aren't smart enough to feed people. Case closed.




They don't have to.  They can find food on their own, and get fed by people. 

Why on earth would a cat want to "feed people"?  Does that somehow seem like a smart thing to do for the cat?


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Re: Cats are smarter than people [Re: Aopocetx]
    #19341998 - 12/29/13 03:05 PM (10 years, 1 month ago)



Maybe they are not that smart after all though.


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Re: Cats are smarter than people [Re: liquidlounge]
    #19342107 - 12/29/13 03:24 PM (10 years, 1 month ago)

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Maybe they are not that smart after all though.




Good point.


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Re: Cats are smarter than people [Re: LunarEclipse]
    #19343996 - 12/29/13 10:31 PM (10 years, 1 month ago)

There's this study where they found that cats recognize their name when being called, but don't react because they just don't care.


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Re: Cats are smarter than people [Re: Hobozen] * 1
    #19345101 - 12/30/13 05:49 AM (10 years, 1 month ago)

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There's this study where they found that cats recognize their name when being called, but don't react because they just don't care.




I like to fuck with my cat and call him by his previous name.  I think it was his fourth life.  Horrible death.


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Re: Cats are smarter than people [Re: LunarEclipse]
    #19350772 - 12/31/13 11:27 AM (10 years, 1 month ago)

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Cats aren't smart enough to feed people. Case closed.




They don't have to.  They can find food on their own, and get fed by people. 

Why on earth would a cat want to "feed people"?  Does that somehow seem like a smart thing to do for the cat?




Because it was in the original discussion?


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Re: Cats are smarter than people [Re: LunarEclipse]
    #19353890 - 01/01/14 07:32 AM (10 years, 30 days ago)

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At least until you see a cat feeding a person, or kitty scraping out shit from a human litter box.




Think that's cuz they'll just shit in the corner, piss on on the furniture, and go hungry while not being able to adjust to a new climate.


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Re: Cats are smarter than people [Re: Tropism]
    #19353975 - 01/01/14 08:41 AM (10 years, 30 days ago)

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At least until you see a cat feeding a person, or kitty scraping out shit from a human litter box.




Think that's cuz they'll just shit in the corner, piss on on the furniture, and go hungry while not being able to adjust to a new climate.




Really?  Go hungry?  What your cat didn't like your starvation diet, and payback was shitting in the corner and pissing on the furniture?


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Re: Cats are smarter than people [Re: LunarEclipse]
    #19354171 - 01/01/14 10:10 AM (10 years, 30 days ago)

No that doesn't sound like me.


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Re: Cats are smarter than people [Re: Tropism]
    #19355130 - 01/01/14 03:32 PM (10 years, 29 days ago)

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No that doesn't sound like me.




Sure, you could have made a person your avatar.  But, you chose your cat that shits in the corner.

Smart.


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Re: Cats are smarter than people [Re: LunarEclipse]
    #19362330 - 01/03/14 07:41 AM (10 years, 28 days ago)

Dogs have masters.  Cats have staff.


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Re: Cats are smarter than people [Re: zappaisgod]
    #19362450 - 01/03/14 08:42 AM (10 years, 28 days ago)

It's why I have dogs. :nicesmile:


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Re: Cats are smarter than people [Re: Icelander]
    #19362564 - 01/03/14 09:32 AM (10 years, 28 days ago)

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It's why I have dogs. :nicesmile:






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Re: Cats are smarter than people [Re: LunarEclipse]
    #19362742 - 01/03/14 10:29 AM (10 years, 28 days ago)

A cats brain has less raw potential than a human being's, but intelligence is not a measure of raw brain potential (aka IQ). It is the effort of casting out our perception like a fishing lure into the unknown, and from that effort, reeling in knowledge and truth. And the more knowledge and wisdom that you possess, the farther you are able to cast out the lure, and the greater your intelligence becomes.

Many people refuse to do that because their eyes and ears are shut firmly to the truth, but cats have no such capacity for self-deluding themselves or living in a fantasy, so until a human being opens their eyes and ears, the cat will have higher intelligence than the human.


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Re: Cats are smarter than people [Re: Tycoda]
    #19362851 - 01/03/14 10:59 AM (10 years, 28 days ago)

A cats brain has less raw potential than a human being's, but intelligence is not a measure of raw brain potential (aka IQ).

This is out of my competence.


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Re: Cats are smarter than people [Re: liquidlounge]
    #19363402 - 01/03/14 01:17 PM (10 years, 27 days ago)

think about it. when do we really feel genuinely, authentically intelligent? is it when we can recite some memorized fact and then laugh smugly in somebody else's face - or is it during those times when our wits serve us as we need them, getting out of harm's way or allowing us to perceive some new fact about something in reality which eluded us before?

cats possess intelligence, but when have you ever seen a cat arguing about the subtlties of humor in an episode of arrested development? :lol:


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Re: Cats are smarter than people [Re: Tycoda]
    #19368732 - 01/04/14 03:05 PM (10 years, 26 days ago)

I don't claim to know how, or why, or if it's even true, but...

Based of of strange energies, personal experience, and recurring thought, I believe that cats might have some sort of transcendental intelligence. They are often very human-like, and I find them to be more desirable than some people :lol:


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Re: Cats are smarter than people [Re: MindDrips]
    #19368966 - 01/04/14 04:01 PM (10 years, 26 days ago)

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I don't claim to know how, or why, or if it's even true, but...

Based of of strange energies, personal experience, and recurring thought, I believe that cats might have some sort of transcendental intelligence. They are often very human-like, and I find them to be more desirable than some people :lol:




Face it.  They blow most people away in terms of most things.  Accept your catdom.


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Re: Cats are smarter than people [Re: LunarEclipse]
    #19369020 - 01/04/14 04:15 PM (10 years, 26 days ago)

I have two cats. One is scared of it's own shadow. One is an asshole. They both came from a shelter. That's what I get for rescuing animals... fucked up animals. They're still pretty cool though. Very human like. Some things don't seem to scale well in terms of intelligence. As humans they would be retards, but there's some innate intelligence there. They have a sense of dignity, like to show affection, etc.


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Re: Cats are smarter than people [Re: LunarEclipse]
    #19370133 - 01/04/14 08:13 PM (10 years, 26 days ago)

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I don't claim to know how, or why, or if it's even true, but...

Based of of strange energies, personal experience, and recurring thought, I believe that cats might have some sort of transcendental intelligence. They are often very human-like, and I find them to be more desirable than some people :lol:




Face it.  They blow most people away in terms of most things. 




Totally agree.  Fuck, a hamster is better than most people and I really don't like the little buggers.


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