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The answer to the title question was never scientifically answered. They described the experiment, the results, and then lead into a conclusion that didn't matc
by zelon88 6y ago
The answer to the title question was never scientifically answered. They described the experiment, the results, and then lead into a conclusion that didn't match the science. Then they finally reverted to anecdotal evidence to support the original claim which the scientific evidence does not support.
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- xbar 6y agoYou are right to critique the article, but I think you go too far. They suggest an unsupported conclusion as a possible reason for the observed behavior, but they clearly don't make any actual conclusion and suggest more study is needed.
- JumpCrisscross 6y ago> title question was never scientifically answered The title changes changes “who refuse to help their owners” in the article to “who harms you,” which is a big difference. The study [1] never uses the word “harm” with respect to cats; it does to reference a different study using infants. That specificity with the word should communicate what they tested for. Anecdotally, I have had a cat and a dog. Both of them reacted, immediately and quite viciously, to people who raised their voice to me. (Growl and barking and hissing.) [1] http://animalbehaviorandcognition.org/uploads/journals/30/AB_C_2021_Vol8(1)_Chijiiwa_et_al.pdf http://animalbehaviorandcognition.org/uploads/journals/30/AB...
- baby 6y agoYeah that was not a great article. They even mention that cats were domesticated more recently than dog but don’t say how recent.
- fcatus 6y agoThis bbc article is not reporting what the study actually found. They changed the question of the original article so that they can get a click-baity title. That's so annoying...