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I’m missing how this is groundbreaking or even a “conversation”. They played audio recordings of other whales to the whale and it replied the way whales reply
by unsupp0rted 3y ago
I’m missing how this is groundbreaking or even a “conversation”.
They played audio recordings of other whales to the whale and it replied the way whales reply to one another.
The scientists didn’t know what they were saying, other than since the target whale appeared to stick around it probably wasn’t completely gibberish.
- karmakaze 3y agoWhether this is groundbreaking or not depends on what the whale thought of it. If it got the notion that humans are now actually trying to talk to it in its language, I'd call that a win.
- Bost 3y ago> If it got the notion To me, it seems like precisely this part got lost in translation
- sheepscreek 3y agoWell said. It seems they got it excited, but what seems to us as exciting might be them being confused and dumbfounded. Or even laughing or mocking us.
- JieJie 3y agoDid you watch Arrival or read "Story of Your Life"? We're still in Act I. Have some popcorn and enjoy the show.