{"id":340,"date":"2019-10-28T04:00:51","date_gmt":"2019-10-28T11:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bio-ethiks.com\/?p=340"},"modified":"2019-10-27T22:59:38","modified_gmt":"2019-10-28T05:59:38","slug":"the-rat-race-is-on","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.bio-ethiks.com\/index.php\/2019\/10\/28\/the-rat-race-is-on\/","title":{"rendered":"THE RAT RACE IS ON!  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display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1140\" height=\"642\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PZ9rrQajzAQ?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Implications<\/h3>\n<p>One implication is that it confirms that animals are far more intelligent that we humans like to give them credit for.\u00a0 The lack of tool use has been a standard argument against animal intelligence for the last several hundred years.\u00a0 And the food and drug industry has a billion dollar interest in keeping things status quo.\u00a0 The makeup industry has even more interest.\u00a0 After all, we might think animal testing as the final step before human testing on critical, life saving medication may be justified.\u00a0 But torturing intelligent animals capable of driving cars just to test yet another color of eyeshadow when there are millions of products equally as banal already available?\u00a0 That&#8217;s much harder to sell as morally justified.<\/p>\n<p>A second implication is that perhaps animals do not use tools as much as humans because they have no need to.\u00a0 Historically, in hunter\/gatherer societies, human chose to remain nomadic because nature provided adequate, and sometimes abundant, provision for all one&#8217;s basic needs.\u00a0 Going beyond basic necessities and developing wants and luxuries created more work, and was deemed not to be worth the bother.\u00a0 There are still nomadic ethnic groups who think city living just has zero appeal.\u00a0 People who live in cities often work 60 hours a week.\u00a0 We spend most of our\u00a0 existence working to pay the rent.\u00a0 We literally live to work and work to live.\u00a0 Perhaps we should ponder the fact that apparently rats have always had the aptitude to drive cars.\u00a0 But you throw in some Froot-loops, and bam!\u00a0 Instant consumerism and the rat-race begins.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Can you imagine waking up at 3am to raid on your refrigerator, flicking on the lights, and seeing a dozen rats drag racing down your kitchen tile?\u00a0 Ok, so they aren&#8217;t doing the Indy 500 yet, but in the fabulously fun video below, scientists have used behavioral modification techniques and actually trained some rats to&hellip;<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bio-ethiks.com\/index.php\/2019\/10\/28\/the-rat-race-is-on\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false},"categories":[43],"tags":[50,45],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v17.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>THE RAT RACE IS ON! 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