Greed/power tail of the Bell Curve the buyers; genetics, epigenitics, luck of place/time/parentage the 'answer' in my opinion.
Cheers, Steve On Sep 16, 2013, at 7:35 PM, Ray Harrell wrote: > What sector bought it and what's the answer to their power? > > REH > > From: futurework-boun...@lists.uwaterloo.ca > [mailto:futurework-boun...@lists.uwaterloo.ca] On Behalf Of Steve Kurtz > Sent: Monday, September 16, 2013 6:28 PM > To: RE-DESIGNING WORK, INCOME DISTRIBUTION, EDUCATION > Subject: Re: [Futurework] <spamFilter -1.9 yellow> Re: Orangutans found to > plan, communicate future routes > > Hard to do worse for the populace than the bought govt of the US. > > Steve > On Sep 16, 2013, at 1:45 PM, Ray Harrell wrote: > > > Is the point that even an Orangutang is capable of central planning? > > REH > > From: futurework-boun...@lists.uwaterloo.ca > [mailto:futurework-boun...@lists.uwaterloo.ca] On Behalf Of Steve Kurtz > Sent: Monday, September 16, 2013 5:58 AM > To: Futurework list > Subject: [Futurework] Orangutans found to plan, communicate future routes > > We are exceptional mammals, but mammals. > > Steve > > > > > > > > > > > > http://www.world-science.net/othernews/130913_orangutans.htm > Orangutans found to plan, communicate future routes > > Sept. 13, 2013 > Courtesy of the University of Zurich > and World Science staff > > Male orangutans plan their travel route up to a day in advance and > communicate it to other orangutans, research indicates. > > Anthropologists at the University of Zurich found that wild-living > orangutans make use of the planning ability to attract females and repel > male rivals. > > <image001.jpg> > A male orangutan (Courtesy U. of Zurich) > > For a long time it was thought that only humans could anticipate future > actions, whereas animals are caught in the here-and-now. > > But recent, clever experiments with great apes in zoos have shown that > they remember past events and can plan for future needs. > > The University of Zurich group investigated whether wild apes also > have this skill. The researchers followed the apes for years through the > thick tropical swamplands of Sumatra. > > Orangutans generally roam the forest alone, but they do maintain > relationships. Adult males sometimes emit so-called “long calls,” using > their cheek pads to amplify sound like a megaphone. > > These calls tend have somewhat opposite effects on male and female > hearers. Females that hear a faint call tend to approach. Non-dominant > males, on the other hand, hurry away if they hear the call coming at them > loud and clear. > > To maximize this effect, it “would make sense for the male to call in the > direction of his future whereabouts, if he already knew about them,” > said researcher Carel van Schaik of the university. Consistent with > this idea, the team “observed that the males traveled for several hours > in approximately the same direction as they had called.” > > In extreme cases, he added, long calls made around nesting time in the > evening predicted the travel direction at better-than-chance rates > until the next evening. > > In addition, the males often announced changes in travel direction > with a new long call, the team found. And in the morning, they found, the > other orangutans reacted correctly to the long call of the previous > evening, even if no new long call was emitted. “Our study makes it clear > that wild orangutans do not simply live in the here-and-now, but can > imagine a future and even announce their plans. In this sense, then, they > have become a bit more like us,” said van Schaik. > > The findings are published in the Sept. 11 issue of the journal PLoS One. > > * * * > > Send us a comment on this story, or send it to a friend > > > > _______________________________________________ > Futurework mailing list > Futurework@lists.uwaterloo.ca > https://lists.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework > > _______________________________________________ > Futurework mailing list > Futurework@lists.uwaterloo.ca > https://lists.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework
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