Mike Leach Quotes

From the lowest animals of which we can affirm intelligence up to man this type of intellect is found.

If worms have the power of acquiring some notion, however rude, of the shape of an object and over their burrows, as seems the case, they deserve to be called intelligent; for they act in nearly the same manner as would man under similar circumstances.

The dog, on the other hand, has few or no ideas because his brain acts in coarse fashion and because there are few connections with each single process.

Human folk are as a matter of fact eager to find intelligence in animals.

When we see animals doing remarkable things, how do we know if we're simply seeing tricks or signs of real intelligence? Are talented animals just obeying commands, or do they have some kind of deeper understanding? One of the biggest challenges for animal researchers is to come up with tests that can distinguish between the two.

I was taught that the human brain was the crowning glory of evolution so far, but I think it's a very poor scheme for survival.

With land-roaming animals, I've just read so much about the sophistication of their emotional lives and their intelligence and the way they process information that betrays a greater intelligence.

Man is the only animal capable of reasoning, though many others possess the faculty of memory and instruction in common with him.

The intelligence of the lower forms of animal life, like a great deal of human intelligence, does not involve a self.

Scientists have shown that pigs are capable of playing simple video games, learning from each other, and even learning names.

How we learn has nothing to do with how brilliant we are.

I think that intelligence is such a narrow branch of the tree of life - this branch of primates we call humans. No other animal, by our definition, can be considered intelligent. So intelligence can't be all that important for survival, because there are so many animals that don't have what we call intelligence, and they're surviving just fine.

One of the things we found out as we filmed with people who dealt with chimps, and with all animals, and it's really incredible, is their levels of intelligence that we don't recognize right away.

Absolute brain size does not tell you everything or possibly sometimes even much. Elephants and whales both have brains larger than ours, but you wouldn't have much trouble outwitting them in contract negotiations.

Mere animals couldn’t possibly manage to act like this. You need to be a human being to be really stupid.

We use only 10% of our brains... Imagine how smart we would be if we used the other 60%!

Squirrel brains make you smart.

Education is no substitute for intelligence.

The difference between intelligence and an education is this: that intelligence will make a good living for you, but education won't do much for you at all.

The thing that is probably most important is having a brain, and to be able to figure things out and learn things very rapidly.

As a thinker and planner the ant is the equal of any savage race of men; as a self-educated specialist in several arts she is the superior of any savage race of men; and in one or two high mental qualities she is above the reach of any man, savage or civilized!

In the make-up of human beings, intelligence counts for more than our hands, and that is our true strength.

There are a lot of smart creatures out there. Dolphins, elephants, and whales are smart. And there are some really smart birds. I know some really intelligent fish. But they cannot know what humans know and are incapable of inflicting as much damage.

From now on you're going to have to think. There's a reason why we're born with brains in our heads, not rocks.

Education is no substitute for intelligence. That elusive quality is defined only in part by puzzle-solving ability. It is in the creation of new puzzles reflecting what your senses report that you round out the definitions.