[extropy-chat] Talking Elephant

[Emlyn]

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Emlyn

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On 09/09/06, The Avantguardian <avantguardian2020 at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> --- 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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