Scientist: Cats think you are just a big, stupid cat

Re:Scientist: Cats think you are just a big, stupid cat by daliusd on Monday January 13, 2014 @08:11AM (#7050306)

You are making brave assumptions here, aren't you? Dogs = unfriendly cats that smell bad and look ugly, mice - edible cats that smell tasty and are small.

It might look like this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HPeattKV74A

Again that's just speculation. I would love to see scientific data here.

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Re:Scientist: Cats think you are just a big, stupid cat by TrevorJ on Monday January 13, 2014 @01:20PM (#7052300)

You would see far more feline on feline predation if this were the case though, wouldn't you?

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Re:Scientist: Cats think you are just a big, stupid cat by headlights on Tuesday January 14, 2014 @04:47PM (#7059992)

It depends on the difference between a cat-cat and cat-mouse.

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Re:Scientist: Cats think you are just a big, stupid cat by headlights on Tuesday January 14, 2014 @01:40PM (#7058821)

You've renamed everything as cat. But the problem remains the same.

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Re:Scientist: Cats think you are just a big, stupid cat by daliusd on Wednesday January 15, 2014 @02:50AM (#7062150)

I guess that changes problem slightly. Different criterions are chosen when taking actions. E.g.: Can I eat it? No - too big. No - smells bad. Two inputs - one output. Can I mate with it? No - smells bad. No - too weak.

While being human you might have much more sophisticated criterions and first criterion might be "is it human?". Most probably how it smells and how big it is will not be enough.

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