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I’ll bet if you repeated the whole thing on cloudy days only the effect would go away. You’d have to have very very strong evidence that dogs have some sensory

I’ll bet if you repeated the whole thing on cloudy days only the effect would go away. You’d have to have very very strong evidence that dogs have some sensory organ that detects magnetic fields when the sun is right there in the sky and explains the effect in a way that is obvious to everyone.

eganist 7y ago
> I’ll bet if you repeated the whole thing on cloudy days only the effect would go away. You’d have to have very very strong evidence that dogs have some sensory organ that detects magnetic fields when the sun is right there in the sky and explains the effect in a way that is obvious to everyone. again, pages 5-6: > Even if we would assume that these sunshine hours were evenly distributed over the daylight period and the year (as our observations were),there would only be a probability of 33% that the observation was made when the sun was visible. Hence,with high probability (67%) most walks during the day-light period were made when it was cloudy. There's wisdom in reading the study before commenting further considering your specific rebuttals have all been addressed in the source material. There were literally nearly 7,500 measurement events factored into this study, the majority of which were likely cloudy given the location.
- fallingfrog 7y ago
  Likely? so let me get this straight, they didn’t even record which days were sunny? Extraordinary claims and all that. Sorry but I’m right about this no matter how many downvotes I get.
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  - eganist 7y ago
    > Likely? so let me get this straight, they didn’t even record which days were sunny? Extraordinary claims and all that. Sorry but I’m right about this no matter how many downvotes I get. Please just read the paper. Events were timestamped, aggregated over two years, and took place at all times of day (including well after dark) with the same outcome. Disengaging. Cheers, friend.
  - jshevek 7y ago
    Voting is often influenced by tone and adherence to site guidelines, not just accuracy.

eganist 7y ago

> I’ll bet if you repeated the whole thing on cloudy days only the effect would go away. You’d have to have very very strong evidence that dogs have some sensory organ that detects magnetic fields when the sun is right there in the sky and explains the effect in a way that is obvious to everyone. again, pages 5-6: > Even if we would assume that these sunshine hours were evenly distributed over the daylight period and the year (as our observations were),there would only be a probability of 33% that the observation was made when the sun was visible. Hence,with high probability (67%) most walks during the day-light period were made when it was cloudy. There's wisdom in reading the study before commenting further considering your specific rebuttals have all been addressed in the source material. There were literally nearly 7,500 measurement events factored into this study, the majority of which were likely cloudy given the location.

fallingfrog 7y ago
Likely? so let me get this straight, they didn’t even record which days were sunny? Extraordinary claims and all that. Sorry but I’m right about this no matter how many downvotes I get.
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- eganist 7y ago
  > Likely? so let me get this straight, they didn’t even record which days were sunny? Extraordinary claims and all that. Sorry but I’m right about this no matter how many downvotes I get. Please just read the paper. Events were timestamped, aggregated over two years, and took place at all times of day (including well after dark) with the same outcome. Disengaging. Cheers, friend.
- jshevek 7y ago
  Voting is often influenced by tone and adherence to site guidelines, not just accuracy.