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A Japanese boy noticed his butterflies seemed to recognize him. He spent two years making an experiment and proved that metamorphosis does not remove memories made during the caterpillar stage. (lemmy.world)
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[–] -1 points 1 month ago (4 children)

The "also" is unnecessary, that's the experiment he did.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (3 children)

    It's not mentioned in the post. He didn't plan it as part of his original experiment. After his experiment was a success he noticed that his family all had migraines. He decided to try to test if memories could be inherited. It was a separate test the following year with new caterpillars.

    Edit: typo

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  • [–] 0 points 1 month ago (2 children)

    What was the original experiment again?

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