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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> extropy-chat-bounces@lists.extropy.org [mailto:extropy-chat-bounces@lists.extropy.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>William Flynn Wallace<br><br></span><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>>…</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#0B5394'>There are three roads and the dog's master has gone down one of them. The dog sniffs along two of them, finding no scent of his master, and so, without sniffing (!), takes the third. Did he think?</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Ja.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:.25in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#1F497D'>>…</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#0B5394'>IMO: flawed puzzle. A dog simply would not do this</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#1F497D'>…<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:.25in'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>I agree the dog would sniff the third path, even if he knows the master went that way.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:.25in'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>However, dogs do think and dogs do reason. Granted some dogs are not very good at it, but then humans vary widely in their ability to reason as well. It often seems that some humans are not as good at reasoning as some smart dogs. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:.25in'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Cats also reason, to some extent. When they are in the mood.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#1F497D'>>…</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#0B5394'>Your opinion? bill w</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>My opinion, my good doctor and friend, is that you should spend some quality time with dogs. Failing that, post this question to an online dog enthusiast group. They may offer plenty of fun examples of reasoning in dogs. Do report back with those examples please. A marvelous creatures is the canine domesticus, such good sports. There are plenty of dog lovers in our group.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>spike<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div></body></html>