Philosopher: Animals may not think like us, but that doesn't mean they're not smart

"When researching animal intelligence, we still think too much from the human point of view," argues philosopher Bas van Woerkum-Rooker. "For example, just as humans use visual information to remember routes, rats use smells to remember routes. Those are both intelligent approaches to remembering one's way." The philosopher developed a method to study animal intelligence without this bias. He will defend his Ph.D. thesis at Radboud University on 20 November.