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  • Monkey cooperation and fairness

    A very interesting video on monkeys' sense of fairness. But the scholarly question is this: do they engage in what would appear to be "fair" behavior because they have been conditioned to do so (in the past, being fair has ultimately led to better rewards), are they genetically... more

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  • Rated by SkepticScepter on Oct 31, 11:59pm

    From the youtube description box: "A pair of capuchin monkeys (Cebus apella) show very compelling signs of cooperation and a sense of fairness, by working together to solve a problem using tools, and then sharing the reward."

  • Rated by richdiesal on Oct 19, 5:19pm

    A very interesting video on monkeys' sense of fairness. But the scholarly question is this: do they engage in what would appear to be "fair" behavior because they have been conditioned to do so (in the past, being fair has ultimately led to better rewards), are they genetically predisposed towards doing so (sharing monkeys had a better chance of survival through natural selection), or because they can actively problem solve (if I share now, they will share later)? I don't believe we have an answer yet.

  • Rated by darkmystica on Oct 04, 1:00pm

    They are so like young children it's unbelievable

  • Rated by alliekatt13 on Sep 22, 10:35pm

    Very cool. I have to add Capuchin monkey trainer to my to-do list.

  • Rated by kibbeyje on Sep 04, 8:45am

    Yeah. Monkeys are people.

  • Rated by stimpy77 on Sep 03, 1:46am

    A lot of kids don't get it like these monkeys do.