▲ 115 ▼ “This Was Not Accidental”: Scientists Unravel Video Supposedly Showing a Pet Cow Using Tools (thedebrief.org) submitted 9 months ago by artifex@piefed.social to c/science@lemmy.world 32 comments fedilink hide all child comments Scientists investigating video of a cow using tools, and later conducting some basic psychology experiments on said cow, say their findings could expand the list of animals capable of tool use.
[–] artifex@piefed.social [S] 4 points 9 months ago (3 children) Yeah the title is clickbaity for sure. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] AbouBenAdhem@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (2 children) I dunno—in this case, confirmed tool use seems more noteworthy than debunked tool use. Maybe the implication of a dispute just sounds more dramatic. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] artifex@piefed.social [S] 3 points 9 months ago (1 child) To me it sounded like someone was trying to manipulate the video or the findings or something. They could have gone with the much more straightforward "researchers observe signs of tool use in cow", but they didn't. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 9 months ago yeah i was fully expecting to have to comment something like "lmao what the fuck are they on about, how would you fake that video? the cow is very very obviously using a tool, come on" permalink fedilink source parent
[–] AbouBenAdhem@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (2 children) I dunno—in this case, confirmed tool use seems more noteworthy than debunked tool use. Maybe the implication of a dispute just sounds more dramatic. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] artifex@piefed.social [S] 3 points 9 months ago (1 child) To me it sounded like someone was trying to manipulate the video or the findings or something. They could have gone with the much more straightforward "researchers observe signs of tool use in cow", but they didn't. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 9 months ago yeah i was fully expecting to have to comment something like "lmao what the fuck are they on about, how would you fake that video? the cow is very very obviously using a tool, come on" permalink fedilink source parent
[–] artifex@piefed.social [S] 3 points 9 months ago (1 child) To me it sounded like someone was trying to manipulate the video or the findings or something. They could have gone with the much more straightforward "researchers observe signs of tool use in cow", but they didn't. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 9 months ago yeah i was fully expecting to have to comment something like "lmao what the fuck are they on about, how would you fake that video? the cow is very very obviously using a tool, come on" permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 9 months ago yeah i was fully expecting to have to comment something like "lmao what the fuck are they on about, how would you fake that video? the cow is very very obviously using a tool, come on" permalink fedilink source parent