Re: P&T Bullshit Dolphins Part 3
Channel: Guthrie Prentice
Date: 21/07/2008

READ THIS SUMMARY:

Just letting people know what the science says pertaining to dolphins. They do appear to have a reasonable level of intelligence, just moreso on par with chimps and elephants than humans.

The link to the (fully referenced) Wikipedia article is here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dolphin_Intelligence

Update Sept 02, 2008:

Since having posted this video, a number of people have attacked my video for citing from wikipedia. Since people have a problem with wikipedia, here are the scientific references themselves from which the info were obtained for the wikipedia article:

"Smarter than the average chimp". APA online (2004). Retrieved on 2008-03-28
from: http://www.apa.org/monitor/oct04/smarter.html

"Marine mammals master math". APA online (2005). Retrieved on 2008-03-28. from: http://www.apa.org/monitor/sep05/marine.html

Marten, Ken and Psarakos, Suchi "Using Self-View Television to Distinguish between Self-Examination and Social Behavior in the Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus)" (Consciousness and Cognition, Volume 4, Number 2, June 1995)

"Dolphins 'have their own names'". BBC News (8 May 2006). Retrieved on 2006-10-24. from:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/edinburgh_and_east/4750471.stm

Dismissing the arguments/information presented purely because of the source it is obtained from is known as the Genetic Fallacy. It is an error in reasoning, and the fact that I cited a wikipedia article in no way reflects the accuracy of my arguments or the information presented in this video. Read the references, and then come back and make a rebuttal. The wikipedia debunk is invalid.