Are there any experiments with any animals that show they’re capable of what-if reasoning?
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Like for eg you drop a treat into a hole at the top of a box that goes to 2 channels and it could come out either of 2 holes at the bottom, and if not caught it is lost, and a monkey learns to put a hand under each hole to cover both contingencies
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Not sure how you mean that, but maybe "able to predict the properties of a tool not yet in existence"
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Cats obviously deals with this on a regular basis when chasing mice with multiple exits from their hiding space
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