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The paper starts with "cats have been observed to do this thing, which we will take advantage of for an experiment on how cats perceive the world." The actual
by chowells 5y ago
The paper starts with "cats have been observed to do this thing, which we will take advantage of for an experiment on how cats perceive the world."
The actual test is whether cats perceive a certain type of visual illusion. The test is whether cats will sit inside such an illusory shape in the same way they do non-illusory shapes. The result is that they do, indicating that cats process visual stimuli in a way at least somewhat similar to humans.
tl;dr You should at least read the whole abstract before assuming you understand it.
- fortyrod 5y agoIt's great that you have my browser history and can tell what I looked at. Or didn't look at. I think you could make a lot of $ at Facebook.
- ryanianian 5y agoThat is shockingly rude and snarky of you to say.
- fortyrod 5y agoCompared to this? "You should at least read the whole abstract before assuming you understand it." I can do the math for you, but it would be great if you could pitch right on in there yourself.
- slver 5y agoYou have misunderstood the meaning of basic text twice in a row.
- dang 5y agoPlease don't escalate like this, even when another commenter reacted badly or you feel they did. It may not feel like you owe them better, but you owe this community better if you're participating in it. The ecosystem is fragile here. Fortunately your comment history is otherwise pretty good, so this should be easy to fix. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
- dang 5y agoPlease don't respond with swipes or provocations, even when another commenter is wrong or you feel they are. It's easy to see how that last bit would end up taking the thread to a worse state, and your comment would be just fine without it. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
- chowells 5y agoYeah, I was grumpy. I took a nap and came back 6 hours later and went "that wasn't fair, I should remove that last line"... But the option to edit was gone.
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