Will a macaque eat a grape sitting on a pile of poo? A study on germophobia

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did not experience previous outbreak -> 79% ate poopy grape

experienced previous outbreak -> 47% ate poopy grapes

Interesting they can correlate the events somehow.. wow. Are they smarter than us in some ways? Have we changed our behavior after covid? 79-47 = 32%, are 32% of us taking new covid vaccine for the new strain?

>Are they smarter than us in some ways?

Yes, they don't ask for RCT to act on observed strong correlations...

Lol, yup. Humans ignore even the strongest correlations and RCT, both. There is even resistance to science, facts and data in human population , maybe because of of ability to speak and get influenced by propaganda or maybe information overload.

>speak and get influenced by propaganda or maybe information overload.

You missed bias, greed and hunger for power...

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