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> Flanery was careful not to give Kashi hints with her body language, so Kashi’s imitation abilities seemed credible. I dont wish to question someone's experti
by ergothus 7y ago
> Flanery was careful not to give Kashi hints with her body language, so Kashi’s imitation abilities seemed credible.
I dont wish to question someone's expertise in their field, but as a reader this is a dramatic jump without explanation or demonstration. Trusting this assumption seems like a major need for the primary point of the article.
- vo2maxer 7y agoThe article goes on to describe the skepticism in the scientific community: “...by the academic definition of imitation, Kashi’s response of circling Flanery after Flanery circled her would not be true imitation, because Kashi was already familiar with circling as part of her freestyle training. In other words, Kashi might have circled Flanery simply because, in the past, she had been rewarded so frequently for doing exactly that, rather than truly understanding the current task.” The main point of the essay urges a closer collaboration between trainers and scientists in the field.