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I'm a little disappointed that there is not a single mention of Psychologist John W. Pilley (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_W._Pilley https://en.wikipedia.o

I'm a little disappointed that there is not a single mention of Psychologist John W. Pilley (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_W._Pilley https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_W._Pilley) nor Chaser the Border Collie (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaser_(dog) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaser_(dog)). Pilley did an extensive amount of work including teaching Chaser over 1000 nouns. This was repeatedly verified in trials. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGlUZWNjxPA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGlUZWNjxPA https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/27/science/chaser-border-collie-dies.html https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/27/science/chaser-border-col... https://www.akc.org/expert-advice/news/remembering-chaser-the-smartest-dog-in-the-world/ https://www.akc.org/expert-advice/news/remembering-chaser-th... edit: Added another link to the AKC article on Chaser.

AlbertCory 3y ago
> a little disappointed that's putting it mildly. It's hard to believe SciAm could even publish this. Neil deGrasse Tyson went on TV with Chaser and his owner. He tested Chaser by putting an unnamed toy in the pile, and then said "go get Darwin." ("Darwin" being an unused name) Chaser successfully figured out it must be the toy whose name he didn't know.