The physical structure of their brains is more complex. I thought that was clear from the follow-on context regarding their brains. Is it not a line of science to understand how brain folding contributes to intelligence? Further, orcas certainly show high levels of emotional and cooperative intelligence compared to humans. Sons stay together with their mothers throughout their lives in the same pods, and as far as I understand, there's relatively little, if any inter-pod fighting. They also readily share food throughout the pod. They are deeply connected to each other in a way that I think we have a hard time understanding.
No I do not, but one can surmise from the scientific study of them and behavioral observations. My point about them making a strong statement is that it isn't backed up by anything except a human-centric bias of intelligence.
And the person I replied to make an incredibly strong claim:
> complexity of communication in even the cleverest animals is very low compared to human language
That needs backing up. In the event that there is no backup, which I don't believe there is, then we have to leave possibility open, possibility that's informed by scientific and behavioral studies.
This is a good book to take a look at: https://www.amazon.com/Deep-Thinkers-Inside-Dolphins-Porpois...
> Are you able to understand what orcas "think"?
No I do not, but one can surmise from the scientific study of them and behavioral observations. My point about them making a strong statement is that it isn't backed up by anything except a human-centric bias of intelligence.
And the person I replied to make an incredibly strong claim:
> complexity of communication in even the cleverest animals is very low compared to human language
That needs backing up. In the event that there is no backup, which I don't believe there is, then we have to leave possibility open, possibility that's informed by scientific and behavioral studies.