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Makes sense, you could easily train a dog to react with aggression towards targets outlined in a certain way, even point it in the direction it should go etc. D

Makes sense, you could easily train a dog to react with aggression towards targets outlined in a certain way, even point it in the direction it should go etc. Dogs are not stupid and they are always very eager to learn and decode what you want them to. (Well, most dogs, when they are at a certain age at least)

yetihehe 6y ago
> Dogs are not stupid and they are always very eager to learn and decode what you want them to. Yeah, many are so clever that they very convincingly pretend they don't know what you want. My dog sometimes does this when he doesn't want to go back home. Being smart and obedient are two orthogonal things.
- seg_lol 6y ago
  > Being smart and obedient are two orthogonal things. I used to think that, but I think a more accurate picture across all sentient social creatures is the following. IQ on range 0-10 (0 being the lowest) - 0-4, too low to understand commands, ignorant disobedience, easily confused - 5-6, mostly obedient, only disobedient through distraction (food, mates, tired, stressed) - 6-8, can overcome some of physical and situational issues, occasionally disobedient due to IQ - 9-10, freewill, obedient only as a peer. Will absolutely not do something it doesn't want to do. See also, https://www.defensemedianetwork.com/stories/the-virtues-of-stubbornness-mules-at-war/ https://www.defensemedianetwork.com/stories/the-virtues-of-s...