<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:large;color:#000000">Whether cats can identify the people who are dying, or whether dogs can diagnose the virus (they can, I think I read), we ought to be doing far more of this.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:large;color:#000000"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:large;color:#000000">At this point - correct me if I am wrong - animal's noses are more sensitive than any instrument medical people have. When was the last time a physician smelled you? Intentionally, that is, for diagnostic purposes. It might be that some smelling is done by lab people but I dunno. I suspect that the medical community does not want to turn over anything to lower animals, being the highly conservative people that they are (who hate second opinions as it challenges their dominance and ability). Since we already have evidence that an AI can diagnose better than any physician, why are we seeing more use of the AIs? Ego, I think.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:large;color:#000000"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:large;color:#000000">I do agree that using the most sensitive noses, those of bears, might be costly, but I think that they do dance better than dogs do. And when was the last time you saw a dog on a unicycle?</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:large;color:#000000"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:large;color:#000000">bill w</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Oct 14, 2020 at 3:23 PM Dan TheBookMan via extropy-chat <<a href="mailto:extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org">extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">On Sun, Oct 11, 2020 at 11:00 AM Henrik Ohrstrom via extropy-chat<br>
<<a href="mailto:extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org" target="_blank">extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org</a>> wrote:<br>
> And there are cats that can tell if someone is dying (nursing home data).<br>
><br>
> Anyone working with old and sick people learn to recognize the signs of dying, not likely hard for the cats too learn too.<br>
> Also many cats try to console sad or sick humans. Buut the extra care given to the dying might also be the reason..<br>
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I'd have to see the actual data here. I've heard, again, much of this<br>
is there's a comfy area to rest and relax for the cat. I think it's a<br>
type of full moon effect that's going on here too. That's where people<br>
recall instances where the cat rested near a dying person but forget<br>
all the times they didn't.<br>
<br>
It would be kind of an easy thing to test, no? Just create similar<br>
environments (warm comfy spot sans the dying patient) in nursing homes<br>
and also just about anywhere and see if the cats select them over<br>
dying patients. Maybe someone's already done this.<br>
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