A few days ago I mentioned on TIPS a tongue-in-cheek post I had written on my 
site in which I pretended to report Skinner’s “pigeons playing ping pong” study 
using a modern day hyperbolic headline style:

He Taught a Pigeon to Peck a Ping Pong Ball. What Happened Next Will Shock You:
http://www.thepsychfiles.com/2015/05/he-taught-a-pigeon-to-peck-a-ping-pong-ball-what-happened-next-will-shock-you/
 
<http://www.thepsychfiles.com/2015/05/he-taught-a-pigeon-to-peck-a-ping-pong-ball-what-happened-next-will-shock-you/>


Well, sure enough, a real world example popped up in the news today (though not 
quite as hyperbolic as my example…):

“Police in India arrested a pigeon suspected of spying for Pakistan"
http://bgr.com/2015/05/29/pigeon-arrest-spy-charges-india/ 
<http://bgr.com/2015/05/29/pigeon-arrest-spy-charges-india/>
 
Michael

Michael A. Britt, Ph.D.
[email protected]
http://www.ThePsychFiles.com
Twitter: @mbritt




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