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Why is this so surprising? I will be honest, my reaction after reading the article was "Newsflash, the best data analysts are those individuals with the greates
by dfc 11y ago
Why is this so surprising? I will be honest, my reaction after reading the article was "Newsflash, the best data analysts are those individuals with the greatest subject matter expertise." They have an incredible amount of knowledge about the landscape and the flora/fauna that inhabit it. Why wouldn't they be the better equipped to analyze images. Is it surprising that "the natives" have discovered that taller objects cast longer shadows? Or is it surprising that they possess the critical thinking skills to take this height/shadow knowledge and apply it to aerial images? I have seen a lot of aerial pictures in my life, but I would be shocked if I was able to look at the aerial photos and identify a handful of the various species of animals pictured.
- executesorder66 11y agoI said incredible, not surprising. As in I find it impressive.
- dfc 11y agoFine, strike my first sentence and replace it with: "Why is this so difficult to believe (AKA incredible)?"
- steve19 11y agoWhy so rude? Like the OP I also pleasantly surprised. Not because I am a racist who thinks the Khoisan are stupid, they are not (I have actually met many of them, they are some of the nicest people in the word). I would not have thought anyone could do that who had not aerial studied photos of animals could identify them from such low resolution photos... much like submarine operators had to be trained to identify ships at long distances through periscopes. Professional sailors know ships very well, but not so well that they can distinguish between very similar ships at long distances and at random angles (ships look 2D at long distances).
- dfc 11y agoI sincerely regret that my message was rude, that was not my intent.