User blog comment:TheReturnOfTheKing/The definition of stupid in one link/@comment-1791057-20130624181207/@comment-5870856-20130630223220

Look, the idea that Troodon was smart as a corvid (yes, I'm aware that bird-brain is actually a compliment when talking about crows and other corvids) is no more than a myth popularized by Jurassic Park. The best we can do in the way of predicting dinosaur intelligence is a rough estimate called an Encephalization Quotient, or EQ. They scored something like 0.9, the same as opossums. Humans scored 5, if I remember correctly, and corvids were like 4.5, but my memory isn't terrific. I do know the smartest dinosaurs got a really bad score.