[extropy-chat] Talking Elephant

[The Avantguardian]

--- Damien Broderick <thespike at satx.rr.com> wrote:

> At 05:17 PM 9/8/2006 -0700, Stuart wrote:
> 
> >I am impressed whether the elephant actually
> >understands what it is saying. Especially because
> it
> >had to figure out out to use its trunk to make the
> >noises.
> >
>
>http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060908/ap_on_fe_st/talking_elephant_1
> 
> <In a study published in the journal Nature last
> year, researchers 
> found that elephants can learn to imitate sounds,
> according to 
> Everland. The study featured the case of an elephant
> mimicking truck noises. >
> 
> Yeah, but can it drive, that's what I want to know.

I say hand them a joystick (I don't think they have
the nasal dexterity for the newer controllers) and
find out. If they can drive better than their
trainers, then I vote that we take them off the menu.
;)


Stuart LaForge
alt email: stuart"AT"ucla.edu

"The 'I' is an illusion but that illusion needs to be experienced, and it is only by experience that it can be known as an illusion."

- Shankarachanya

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