[ExI] Washoe's life ends

[Gina Miller]

Aww, I just saw her in May. When I was a kid we always heard about her because there were people in Reno who had worked with her when she used to reside in the area many years before (before my time). 
When I visited the "Chimposium" here in WA I bought a painting that Washoe made. She did seem aged and a bit more to herself than the other chimps. 
Thanks for informing the list. I'm off today to catch a plane and go down to the nanotech "Unconference"! If any of you are attending, we'll see you soon! 

Gina "Nanogirl" Miller
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  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Natasha Vita-More 
  To: extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org 
  Sent: Friday, November 02, 2007 7:38 AM
  Subject: [ExI] Washoe's life ends


  This is an endearing story about Washoe who, like Coco, could communicate with sign language.  (Also a small but interesting comment about Chomsky's and Pinker's views on sign language.)

  http://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/science/10/31/signing.chimp.dies.ap/index.html



    Natasha Vita-More 
    PhD Candidate,  Planetary Collegium - CAiiA, situated in the Faculty of Technology, 
    School of Computing, Communications and Electronics, 
    University of Plymouth, UK 
    Transhumanist Arts & Culture 
    Thinking About the Future 


    If you draw a circle in the sand and study only what's inside the circle, then that is a closed-system perspective. If you study what is inside the circle and everything outside the circle, then that is an open system perspective. - Buckminster Fuller





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