Are We Smart Enough to Know How Smart Animals Are?: Testing Bias and Animal Minds

Crisis in Perception · May 28, 2026 · 50m

Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world.

This episode explores Are We Smart Enough to Know How Smart Animals Are? by Frans de Waal as a systems-level analysis of animal cognition, human exceptionalism, and scientific measurement.

The discussion examines:

· incentive structures

· institutional persistence

· feedback loops

· hidden system dynamics

· structural outcomes

· the Umwelt and ecological cognition

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