TED: Laurie Santos - Monkeys are as good at economics as humans!

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Comment count is 9

WHO WANTS DESSERT - 2010-08-10

Man, I miss the days when TED was about awesome intellectuals being awesome, not obnoxious quacks trying to prop up Economics as a real science

kingofthenothing

- 2010-08-10

Maybe watch the whole thing next time.

Scynne - 2010-08-10

I agree with Mr. DESSERT.

baleen

- 2010-08-10

It's not about economics. At all. It's about a very peculiar and particular error in logic that primates share across species which could help us better understand the part of the brain that is responsible for things like risk aversion and assessment.

baleen - 2010-08-10

... so in that regard is effects economics.

Goofy Gorilla

- 2010-08-10

lol science right

godot - 2010-08-10

It had to be you, SP.

positively

- 2010-08-10

Science has proven that human nature renders capitalism inherently unstable? Someone go back in time and pat Marx on the back.

Agent #1

- 2010-08-10

like, actually

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