Or perhaps the video might serve us better during a lesson on critical thinking. Digging a tiny bit deeper:
http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/thoughtful-animal/2012/01/16/snowboarding-crows-the-plot-thickens/ “Human beings have a strong, strong, strong tendency that if we see an animal do something that’s analogous to what we do, like use a tool or answer an arithmetic question, we assume that the animal is doing it and understands the situation in the same way we do,” [Alan Kamil, an expert on corvid behavior] said. “And sometimes that’s true but more often it’s false.” Also, http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2012/01/science-can-neither-explain-nor-deny-the-awesomeness-of-this-sledding-crow/251395/ Michael A. Britt, Ph.D. [email protected] http://www.ThePsychFiles.com Twitter: mbritt --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=15379 or send a blank email to leave-15379-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
