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根据以下材料回答题
61)Man'spreoccupationwithtimederivesultimatelyfromhisuniquerelationshiptoit.Allan-imalsarechangedbyit.Butonlyhumancanmanipulateit.
LikeProust,theFrenchauthorwhoseexperiencesbecamehisliterarycapital,mancanrememberthepast.Hecanalsosummonupthingstocome,displayingimaginationandforesightalongwithhismemory.62)Itcanbearguedthatmemoryandforesightednessaretheessenceofintelligence;thatman'sabilitytomanipulatetime,toemploybothpastandfutureasguidestopresentactions,iswhatmakeshimhuman.
Tobesure,manyanimalscanreacttotimeafterafashion.Aratcanlearntopressaleverthatwill,afterdelayofsome25seconds,rewarditwithabitoffood.63)Butifthedelaystretchesbeyond30seconds,theanimalisataloss.Itcannolongerassociaterewardsofarinthefuturewithpresentaction.
Monkeys,moreintelligentthanrats,arebetterabletodealwithtime.Ifoneofthemisallowedtos.eefoodbeinghiddenunderoneoftwocups,itcanchoosetherightcupevenaftergosecondshaspassed.64)Butafterthattimeinterval,themonkey'shuntforthefoodisnobetterthanchancespredicts.
Withtheapes,man'snearestcousins,"timesense"takesabitstepforward.Evenunderthelaboratoryconditions,quitedifferentfromthosetheyencounterinthewild,apessometimesshowexcellentabilitiestomanipulatethepresenttoobtainafuroregoal.Let'stakeachimpanzees(黑猩猩)forexample.65)Theycanlearntostackfourboxes,oneatoptheother,asaplatformfromwhichitcanreachahangingbanana.Theyalsocarrytheirabilitytocopewiththepresentactionbymeansoftoolslikehumanbeing.Anditisbythemakingoftools--physicaltoolsascrudeasastonechopper,mentaltoolsaresubtleasamathematicalquestion--thatmancharacteristicallypreparesforfuturecontingencies.
Chimpanzeesinthewildhavebeenseentostripatwigofitsleavestomakeaprobeforex-tractingtermitesfromtheirholes.Significantly,however,theapedoesnotmakethistoolbeforeset-tingoutonatermitehunt,butonlywhenitactuallyseestheinsectsortheirnest.Here,aswiththebananaandthecrates,theapecanonlydealwithafuturethatisimmediateandvisible--andthushalfwayintothepresent.
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