Elephants have 3x larger brains than humans. I know that their brain-to-body mass ratio is similar to humans, but shouldn’t the absolute volume matter too? It’s like having 1 CPU vs 3 CPUs, if they are comparable, then the 3 CPUs should outperform the 1. And don’t we have similarly structured brains? How come they are not nearly as smart as us?
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Brain size is not everything. Intelligence is not solely based on computing power, but also having a smart program that runs on it.
Elefants are somewhat intelligent, they even have something that resembles a language (infrasound growling) and good memory.
But they aren’t “crafty”. Their way of living doesn’t promote learning more because they are already the biggest toughest guys, they don’t need smart coordinated hunting tactics.
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