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Can you think of something that talks, other than a person?
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@ceruleanspark Gorillas and chimps can "talk" in sign and parrots can "talk" through parroting. Dolphins communicate intelligently, but I don't think we know enough about them to identify a language. No other species is known to assume that some one else has information that they do not, or in other words, only human ask questions.
Thursday, 08-Aug-13 09:15:19 UTC from web-
@pony In related news, we have learn sign language to animals but none of them has ever asked us a question. And then there is this test "Where is the cookie" Which all animals seem to fail, yet humans grow the awareness around the 5 year old
Thursday, 08-Aug-13 09:18:25 UTC from web-
@critialcloudkicker right! We're probably thinking of the same Youtube video. I'd like to find that again.
Thursday, 08-Aug-13 09:19:16 UTC from web-
@pony I am pretty sure I saw the thing I am recalling on TV in the corner of the room when I was putting an engine block together again ( That or skinning a fish... or compiling some code... Either way mindnumbingly boring work ) on NatGeo or Discovery
Thursday, 08-Aug-13 09:21:59 UTC from web-
@critialcloudkicker @ceruleanspark I think the cookie experiment assumed object permanence in subjects. It was meant to test for something else.. I've gotta find this thing.
Thursday, 08-Aug-13 09:33:31 UTC from web-
@pony It sure tested my verification of permanence statistical periodical analysis that I like and crave cookies no matter what the time of day
Thursday, 08-Aug-13 09:35:21 UTC from web
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@critialcloudkicker Object Permenance is hard to come up with, evolutionarily speaking.
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@ceruleanspark Tell that to the near incountable evolutionary jumps that humans have made over the past 300 years
Thursday, 08-Aug-13 09:30:27 UTC from web
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@ceruleanspark Parrots and some ravens.
Thursday, 08-Aug-13 09:30:58 UTC from web
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