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How does a bee "respond with pessimism"?
by polishdude20 4y ago
How does a bee "respond with pessimism"?
- simonh 4y agoOr rather, how do you tell that's what is happening? How do you distinguish buzzing with delight, as described int he article, from buzzing due to hyperactivity from excessive energy levels?
- giantg2 4y agoAs a beekeeper, you can actually tell some things by the buzzing. A hive being robbed will sound different from a "normal" hive.
- simonh 4y agoI'm sure that's true, they can respond in various ways, but how much can you tell about the internal experience of individual bees? In the article hyperactivity from sugar stimulus was interpreted as delight, but it could just as easily have been having a really bad trip on all that sugar.
- giantg2 4y agoConsidering that people are generally imperfect in assuming the underlying emotion of others based on their actions, I find these sorts of studies highly suspect. You can't equate animal activity to human emotion equivalents.
- otikik 4y agoIt goes like this: bzzz bzzzz bzzz
- outworlder 4y agoHN guidelines say you should not complain about others not reading the article, but this qualifies. See elsewhere on this thread for the actual definition being used by the researchers.