Re:What a Border Collie Taught a Linguist About Language
by dkersten on Friday August 18, 2017 @12:47PM
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If they can learn a technique on one problem and then use that technique on a completely different problem based on some observation, then sure. Why not?
Monkeys, crows, ravens, octopuses and other animals have been shown to be able to do stuff like this.
> but that is no reason to imply all animals can
I don't think anyone was making the claim that all animals can. (In case you're not a native english speaker, GP said "all sorts of animals", which means "many different kinds of animals" and not "all animals")
Monkeys, crows, ravens, octopuses and other animals have been shown to be able to do stuff like this.
> but that is no reason to imply all animals can
I don't think anyone was making the claim that all animals can. (In case you're not a native english speaker, GP said "all sorts of animals", which means "many different kinds of animals" and not "all animals")