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> Sheep are not intelligent. This is the conclusion one quickly arrives to after having spent even just a small amount of time working in Livestock Ag, they se

> Sheep are not intelligent. This is the conclusion one quickly arrives to after having spent even just a small amount of time working in Livestock Ag, they seem like the ideal animal to exhibit the effective methods in Human breeding/gene selection for desirable traits to create a docile and stupid enough animal that is incredibly tasty when cooked and whose wool was once useful commodity for textile use; because by contrast goats are incredibly intelligent and agile that persists despite centuries of being livestock. With that said, what does this title have to do with the article linked to which is titled: Presence or absence of stabilizing Earth system feedbacks on different time scales I think this is a good representation of how people comment on a topi based on the headline without reading the article, or even click on the link.

worthless-trash 4y ago
Going off-topic is not allowed on HN ?
rntn 4y ago
Please accept my apologies. As you correctly noted, the paper linked here is "Presence or absence of stabilizing Earth system feedbacks on different time scales" The correct link for the post title, as cge commented previously is https://www.nature.com/articles/s41567-022-01769-8 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41567-022-01769-8 Thanks to cge's correction, the comments here are on the correct article. I am so sorry for the mistake!
- Melting_Harps 4y ago
  > Please accept my apologies. As you correctly noted, the paper linked here is No need, I was just wondering if I was the only one to have clicked the link since the entire page just kept going on tangents about sheep when the link was about the study on climate change and I felt incapable of drawing any other conclusion. > > > Going off-topic is not allowed on HN ? I'm sure it is, and I'm guilty of it as well, but again I was just wondering if anyone bothered to click their link before dusting off their anecdotal stories about sheep's intelligence, or lack thereof.
freedude 4y ago
>With that said, what does this title have to do with the article linked to which is titled: >Presence or absence of stabilizing Earth system feedbacks on different time scales Yup, I didn't click the link to read the article. Mostly on purpose. I have worked with livestock since a child and many of the "educated" have not. Am I an expert, probably not, but I usually know what not to do. Like imply sheep have cognitive intelligence.

worthless-trash 4y ago

Going off-topic is not allowed on HN ?

rntn 4y ago

Please accept my apologies. As you correctly noted, the paper linked here is "Presence or absence of stabilizing Earth system feedbacks on different time scales" The correct link for the post title, as cge commented previously is https://www.nature.com/articles/s41567-022-01769-8 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41567-022-01769-8 Thanks to cge's correction, the comments here are on the correct article. I am so sorry for the mistake!

Melting_Harps 4y ago
> Please accept my apologies. As you correctly noted, the paper linked here is No need, I was just wondering if I was the only one to have clicked the link since the entire page just kept going on tangents about sheep when the link was about the study on climate change and I felt incapable of drawing any other conclusion. > > > Going off-topic is not allowed on HN ? I'm sure it is, and I'm guilty of it as well, but again I was just wondering if anyone bothered to click their link before dusting off their anecdotal stories about sheep's intelligence, or lack thereof.

freedude 4y ago

>With that said, what does this title have to do with the article linked to which is titled: >Presence or absence of stabilizing Earth system feedbacks on different time scales Yup, I didn't click the link to read the article. Mostly on purpose. I have worked with livestock since a child and many of the "educated" have not. Am I an expert, probably not, but I usually know what not to do. Like imply sheep have cognitive intelligence.