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The decoder rat isn't just pressing a button, it's choosing the correct button of two choices, and they got that up to 70% accuracy. It doesn't really matter if
by endianswap 14y ago
The decoder rat isn't just pressing a button, it's choosing the correct button of two choices, and they got that up to 70% accuracy. It doesn't really matter if it feels the pressure in its tail if it can distinguish between two different messages and choose the correct switch.
- md224 14y agoI agree that it doesn't really matter, but I think the concern is that a layperson will read this and assume that the rats are actually exchanging conceptual knowledge, which we can't really prove at this point.
- stcredzero 14y agoFor all we know, the 2nd rat just gets a bloated feeling when it's the 2nd button.