Author: Michael

If you’ve spent any time on TikTok lately, you’ve probably seen the smart dog wall test. Someone scoops up their dog (or cat!), carries them face-first toward a wall, and the internet decides whether the pet is smart or not based on whether it sticks its paw out.  A five-second intelligence test you can do in your living room sounds cool. The problem, according to the researchers who actually study animal cognition, is that it doesn’t measure intelligence at all. It’s a reflex, not a sign of intelligence Dr. Murat Sırrı Akosman, a veterinary medicine professor at Afyon Kocatepe University…

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