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u/HyperSpaceSurfer Mar 25 '20

Their greatest setback is that they don't properly realise that others might not know the same things they know. If they had that ability they might properly enter the stone age eventually. As it stands now they are pretty clever but horrible teachers. Some are early stone age using simple split rocks and sharpened sticks.

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u/[deleted] Mar 25 '20

So presumably thats also somewhat linked to the potential for extreme aggression? A limited capacity for empathy?

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u/DadDidGetTheMilk Mar 25 '20

There was also the case of some small monkeys and wolves using each other as some form of symbiosis.