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The planarian result was probably insufficiently sterilizing the maze, and following previous scent-trails.
by wnoise 3y ago
The planarian result was probably insufficiently sterilizing the maze, and following previous scent-trails.
- dejj 3y agoFeynman quoted a Mr. Young for admirable rigorousness in maze-running experiments. “Finding Mr Young”[1] identifies him as: “Mr Young was probably Quin Fischer Curtis, in his theses published in 1931/1936, as part of John F. Shepard’s multi-decade research programme at the University of Michigan into ‘floor cues’, going well beyond just putting sand on the floor.” 1: https://gwern.net/maze https://gwern.net/maze