Are Tigers 'Brainier' Than Lions?

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(02-02-2018, 05:45 PM)Rishi Wrote: I second @parvez on this one. Having interacted with some rural & tribal people of India, i can say that the ones living closest to nature are stubbornly simple, & from the historical consistency of indigenous communities being duped by "explorers", i believe this i had been the case all over the world.

They are not dumb, but any outsider who doesn't understand them will have every reason to think so... For example, they will believe literally everything you tell them, simply because they feel you don't have any reason to lie. 
Their straightforward interpretation of things have made them superstitious to the point of ridiculousness. 

Unfortunately, the modern world under the banner of industrialization had come to them as a rude awakening! 

Many have lost their ancestral lands to mining corporations & now earn a megre living as a miner or labourer. Their children are raised absolutely without conscience like men who've given up on humanity, hardened for dog-eat-dog.

Agree to this completely, but we are a bit off track now. We are discussing lions vs tigers in terms of intelligence here. Reply