Current Events > What's the intelligence of the apes in the new planet of the apes series?

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IQ wise? Would you say it's around 65-70?
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Nooooooooo!
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I never saw the remakes, but I like that the original didn't have them quite as intelligent as human beings. The scene with the paper airplane is one of the best in the film.

I'd say Caesar is average or maybe a bit higher then average. The rest outside his orangutan friend seem to be towards the lower end of human intelligence.
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dummy420 posted...

I'd say Caesar is average or maybe a bit higher then average. The rest outside his orangutan friend seem to be towards the lower end of human intelligence.

Yeah that's what I'm thinking
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Smarter than the average Trump voter. Low hurdle I know
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KiwiTerraRizing posted...

Smarter than the average Trump voter. Low hurdle I know

Keep thinking that it helps us win :)
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I think they are all above average, its just they are apes so they have no knowledge of anything.

But they are able to learn at a very fast pace.

lukabrosci posted...

I think they are all above average, its just they are apes so they have no knowledge of anything.

But they are able to learn at a very fast pace.

Good point
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On_The_Edge posted...

KiwiTerraRizing posted...

Smarter than the average Trump voter. Low hurdle I know

Keep thinking that it helps us win :)

Have you gotten your Trump prize in the mail yet?
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Skye Reynolds posted...

I never saw the remakes, but I like that the original didn't have them quite as intelligent as human beings. The scene with the paper airplane is one of the best in the film.

But that scene could have played exactly the same with humans from the less technological past. And Dr. Zaius didn't seem very impressed anyway.
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Laserion posted...

Skye Reynolds posted...

I never saw the remakes, but I like that the original didn't have them quite as intelligent as human beings. The scene with the paper airplane is one of the best in the film.

But that scene could have played exactly the same with humans from the less technological past. And Dr. Zaius didn't seem very impressed anyway.

You missed the subtlety of that scene. He dismisses flight as an impossibility, then angrily crushes the paper plane in his grasp. The point of his character is that he acts unimpressed and dismissive, but he's afraid of scientific progress because it might disprove what he holds to be true as the keeper of the apes' faith. The film outright states as much later on when Charlton Heston's character is on trial.



And I guess it could be argued that the apes simply aren't as far along in their advancement, but it struck me as suggesting that it was beyond their capability to figure out the laws of aerodynamics.

Caesar I would say is definitely above average human intelligence by the third movie.
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