Why is that controversial, the ability to recognize a map and handle the revealed absteaction via a zoom slider is a great tool to observe cognitive flexibility..
Show a human from 300 AD a tablet with google earth and zoom, and they'd have no idea wtf is going on. It's not about intelligence.
They can recognize the surroundings, move to places they visited on the "magic" map and display curiosity towards the wider world and its shape.
Using google earth on a tablet along with a zoom slider as a way of measuring cognition is the most HN take I’ve seen in a while.