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Horses can plan ahead and think strategically, scientists find (www.theguardian.com)

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Team hopes findings will help improve equine welfare after showing cognitive abilities include being ‘goal-directed’

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

it looks like somebody in this story doesn't understand the difference between strategy and tactics, which definitely seems like quite an important distinction in this case

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Why is that important? If you want to separate the two, the strategy is obvious.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

thinking tactically is short term, thinking strategically is long-term, especially with the "plan ahead" in the title

nothing about the test described in the article implies that horses are capable of doing that though