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What Is Intelligence? Where Does it Begin? - YouTube
Complex Problems Require Complex Tools
- Building on the basic tools, more complex living creatures have a wider range of problems they can solve: They can memorize different associations, connections, and mechanical moves and stratagems.
- The more complex the problem, the more tools are needed in combination to solve it. The more tools there are, the more flexibility there is to solve the new challenges.
- Even for complex problems, each living being's individual situation and circumstances are important.
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