I understood this sentence to mean that animals are intelligent insofar as they can pick up subtle body language cues.
Exactly. Horses are intelligent enough to understand involuntary body language, but they still can’t create societies. Harari argues that this is a point in favor of the idea that communication alone is not sufficient for mass cooperation.
I understood this sentence to mean that animals are intelligent insofar as they can pick up subtle body language cues.
Exactly. Horses are intelligent enough to understand involuntary body language, but they still can’t create societies. Harari argues that this is a point in favor of the idea that communication alone is not sufficient for mass cooperation.