{"id":415,"date":"2012-01-09T00:38:49","date_gmt":"2012-01-09T00:38:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/marniepehrson.com\/unplugged\/?p=415"},"modified":"2012-01-09T11:27:53","modified_gmt":"2012-01-09T11:27:53","slug":"are-humans-any-smarter-than-monkeys","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/marniekuhns.com\/unplugged\/2012\/01\/09\/are-humans-any-smarter-than-monkeys\/","title":{"rendered":"Are Humans Any Smarter than Monkeys?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I ran across this story in an article by Spencer W. Kimball and thought it compelling:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><a href=\"http:\/\/marniepehrson.com\/unplugged\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/monkey.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-418\" title=\"monkey\" src=\"http:\/\/marniepehrson.com\/unplugged\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/monkey.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"187\" \/><\/a>&#8220;I am reminded of an article I read some years ago about a group of men who had gone to the jungles to capture monkeys. They tried a number of different things to catch the monkeys, including nets. But finding that the nets could injure such small creatures, they finally came upon an ingenious solution. They built a large number of small boxes, and in the top of each, they bored a hole just large enough for a monkey to get his hand into. 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