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Oct 26, 2022 03:28
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Blue Footed Booby posted:Yeah, it's pretty common for animals to learn ways to signal certain needs. I have no doubt many cats are smart enough to figure out that pressing a certain button triggers a certain event. The problem is cats also understand that they can use any behavior that produces a reaction to gently caress with you. It's inevitably an electronic alternative to knocking poo poo off the counter after making eye contact. Apparently cats can recognise their own names, they just don't care.
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Oct 26, 2022 04:40
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Ghost Leviathan posted:Apparently cats can recognise their own names, they just don't care. I've lived with cats that would come when called by their name, but not the other cats' names. They were both super well socialized, and deeply odd. One loved to pull candy wrappers, bottle caps, etc out of the trash and stash them in my box spring.
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Oct 26, 2022 04:48
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Plenty of cats recognize and respond to their names, people just like to pretend that they don't to defame them as good pets.
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Oct 26, 2022 04:55
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humans say that language exists, but it actually doesnt.
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Oct 26, 2022 05:19
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Stolen from the Wrestling pics thread:
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Oct 26, 2022 05:55
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Ghost Leviathan posted:Apparently cats can recognise their own names, they just don't care. just lol if you actually call your cat its name and not an increasingly elaborate and/or insulting series of titles
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Oct 26, 2022 08:58
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confirmation_bias
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Oct 26, 2022 09:16
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Then third in the chain is… https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ad_hominem
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Oct 26, 2022 11:24
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experienceBeej posted:Then third in the chain is… What? No, it wasn't, at all. I was snarky, yes, but that's not ad hominem. The Wikipedia article you linked posted:Typically, this term refers to a rhetorical strategy where the speaker attacks the character, motive, or some other attribute of the person making an argument rather than addressing the substance of the argument itself To the best of my knowledge, there is no hard evidence that those buttons actually work - no rigorous studies that prove it. My point was that it's very easy, as an excited and loving cat owner, to count incidents that seem to confirm that the cat is really communicating by buttonpushes, and discard or misinterpret incidents that do not. That's more or less what happened with Koko the Gorilla and her supposed ability to speak sign language. The people teaching her didn't know what they were doing, and they were emotionally invested in being right about being able to teach a gorilla to speak ASL. The gorilla was just making signs at random, and they interpreted it as whatever they thought fit. When nothing fit, instead of realising "Koko is not actually communicating anything" they characterised it as her "being silly". https://slate.com/technology/2018/06/koko-the-ape-obituaries-are-overlooking-her-nipple-fetish-and-other-important-things.html Same problem: confirmation bias. Operant conditioning is one thing, but there's no evidence that it's been used to teach cats to communicate. Press random buttons when they want food? Maybe. But that's about it. Hyperlynx has a new favorite as of 12:01 on Oct 26, 2022 |
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Oct 26, 2022 11:55
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Basically can you teach a cat that poking a thing makes people give them food and a different thing will make them open the door? Of course. Everything after that is, uh, "scientifically unproven" at best.
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Oct 26, 2022 12:00
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Hyperlynx posted:What? No, it wasn't, at all. I was snarky, yes, but that's not ad hominem. Sorry, I was being a little obtuse while trying to be funny. First, someone provided a Wikipedia link with an argument. Second, someone else provided a Wikipedia link providing a counter argument. Third, because it’s “arguing on the Internet”, someone else tells the second person that they’re a shithead or something. No harm, no foul, I hope?
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Oct 26, 2022 13:21
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unfortunately, we can't forgive so easily. someone get the branding iron
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Oct 26, 2022 13:30
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This is PYF. We take jokes very seriously.
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Oct 26, 2022 13:51
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If you really believe cats understand words those buttons say, make a button that says spray bottle and see if the cat never presses it.
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Oct 26, 2022 13:52
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make a button that says shame and see if the cat ever presses it. They won't, because they don't respect the concept.
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Oct 26, 2022 15:36
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experienceBeej posted:Sorry, I was being a little obtuse while trying to be funny. Paladinus posted:If you really believe cats understand words those buttons say, make a button that says spray bottle and see if the cat never presses it.
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Oct 26, 2022 15:40
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Looking at this makes me wonder Are gen-Zers just gen-Xers in disguise?
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Oct 26, 2022 15:49
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Solar Tornado posted:Looking at this makes me wonder  Don't let them catch on
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Oct 26, 2022 15:53
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experienceBeej posted:Sorry, I was being a little obtuse while trying to be funny. Oh! Yeah, no worries. I was debating writing out that whole post since it's off-topic, but thought that if my post came across as ad hominem I'd better explain myself. All good!
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Oct 26, 2022 21:24
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https://twitter.com/maariamph/status/1585294850013990913?s=46&t=EaPcTokTr8f0HAhNK6N0rQ
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Oct 26, 2022 21:31
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Oct 26, 2022 23:20
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RareAcumen posted:https://twitter.com/maariamph/status/1585294850013990913?s=46&t=EaPcTokTr8f0HAhNK6N0rQ 
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Oct 26, 2022 23:51
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Paladinus posted:Also, those buttons are a loving scam. Cats have no idea what any of the sounds mean, they just press whatever until they get what they want. Perhaps the same can be said of all languages!    
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Oct 27, 2022 01:21
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okay, okay, you got me
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Oct 27, 2022 13:18
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8dOjzBnpWIM
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Oct 28, 2022 00:22
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https://twitter.com/iamkowai/status/1585675686835986432
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Oct 28, 2022 00:23
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I would like a lengthy gif of all of her flute animations
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Oct 28, 2022 03:10
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Gobou is nothing if not dedicated to yume nikki. knowing next to nothing about it, I still enjoy their little animations, they put so much effort into each one. my favorite is probably the one that uses the Battleblock Theater secret level music. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UNhphyF74sA
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Oct 28, 2022 11:10
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this is an impressive shitpost https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=imbPV6CJFhk&hd=1
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Oct 28, 2022 11:40
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I dig the song, what's this from?
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Oct 28, 2022 14:17
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https://twitter.com/BIGDON_92/status/1585838480915136513
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Oct 28, 2022 14:33
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CzarChasm posted:I dig the song, what's this from? Either Mega Man 7 or Mega Man and Bass, I forget which
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Oct 28, 2022 15:09
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lol
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Oct 28, 2022 15:21
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CzarChasm posted:I dig the song, what's this from? Heath posted:Either Mega Man 7 or Mega Man and Bass, I forget which Found it https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1eD-CnLO4YA
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Oct 28, 2022 16:13
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Captain Invictus posted:this is an impressive shitpost Related   Tallgoose and Strike Peacock Found from this twitter account
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Oct 28, 2022 18:30
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Oct 28, 2022 23:24
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https://twitter.com/mr_rat_mod/status/1586809145600184320
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Oct 31, 2022 08:55
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Thanks very much
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Oct 31, 2022 15:10
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Oh my god i shouldn't have watched this at work
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