Mammals dream about the world they are about to experience before they are born

Re:Mammals dream about the world they are about to experienc... by raverbashing on Tuesday July 27, 2021 @02:11AM (#27969188)

> A newborn foal can stand within 55 minutes of being born and can walk or run within 90 minutes. That is crazy fast training speed. Is it training initialization or is it a form of transfer learning?

Or maybe having 4 legs (as a foal) gives more natural balance than a human or maybe even a cat or dog.

In the same way technically you only need one leg to walk (hop) around but that's much more difficult than having two.

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Re:Mammals dream about the world they are about to experienc... by KronisLV on Tuesday July 27, 2021 @02:48AM (#27969388)

That's a fair point!

However, another commenter brought up the fact that human muscles are somewhat underdeveloped after birth. It might make sense that having 4 legs is easier both in regards to balance, as well as because the load per leg decreases to make standing on them easier.

That is probably not the only reason, but probably a contributing factor.

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