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Off-Topic Discussion => General Discussion => Topic started by: Splinter on February 05, 2005, 02:48:36 pm
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The winner (http://media.animal.discovery.com/fansites/petstar/videogallery/season3/ep309_winner.html) of the pet star competition is mostly likley smarter then at least one of the members of this board. :eek2:
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That was awesome! :D :lol:
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Pretty cool.:lol:
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Originally posted by Splinter
The winner (http://media.animal.discovery.com/fansites/petstar/videogallery/season3/ep309_winner.html) of the pet star competition is mostly likley smarter then at least one of the members of this board. :eek2:
meh. it only did what it was told to do.
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(http://www.aqsx85.dsl.pipex.com/Cat1.jpg)
My cat. The Omega to the Alpha ;) Well... if he woke up.
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Anyway, awesome! :yes: :D
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Originally posted by Unknown Target
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Means he wouldn't listen to me if the sky was falling ;)
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that is so cool ! :D
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:D A worthy winner!
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Indeed. Really cool :D
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Originally posted by Splinter
The winner of the pet star competition is mostly likley smarter then at least one of the members of this board
i know who it is. the bird could probably spell "likely" correctly.
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Grey Parrots are awesome.
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That was the most awesome bird ever...
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Now that's one smart birdie.
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That´s really something. :lol:
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There are a lot of birds like that. This one had the most extensive repertoire I've ever seen though.
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Originally posted by Janos
Grey Parrots are awesome.
They're probably the smartest birds around. I once saw scientist do intelligent tests with one of those. They can count and name things if you teach them.
One of them could name colours and simple geometric shapes (square, circle, etc.). So they showed him 2 different shapes in different colors, he named both (up to now it could still be just trained), but then asked which shape was bigger and the friggin parrot told them. They repeated the test several times with shape/colours combinations the parrot hasn't seen before and he always gave the correct answers....so he knew what he was saying...pretty awesome.
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They learn the same way we do. We are told that green is green and not purple. If we would be told otherwise, we'd live believing that green is in fact purple.
We are also told that some things are bigger then the other. But 'bigger' is just a word that we relate to something. Just as we would relate the word green to a green object.
Parrots have the ability to see the relation between words and objects or sounds.
It is even believed that if you teach a parrot like this one from the moment it is born to the end of his life (which is a very long time) that you can actually have conversations with them as you would have with for example the neighbour.
For example;
Person; "Nice weather, don't you think?"
*Parrot sees the sun (or doesn't) and responds accordingly*
etc
This is exactly how we use our brain. All we do is connect the dots :)
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You have to wonder though, why aren't we all connecting the same dots then?
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Impressive :D, I gotta get a parrot of my own someday :arr:
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And some people here are just axing the connections between the dots :D
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Originally posted by BD
You have to wonder though, why aren't we all connecting the same dots then?
Well, we all are connecting the same dots. But unlike parrots, Humans can interpret it in different ways.
A parrot can be taught facts, but it can't come up with ideas of it's own.
For example, you can ask a parrot 'What is 1+1?' and it'll answer '2'. But if you ask it to explain why the answer is two, it can't answer. Unless it's been told by a Human, in which case he just copied the answer like it would any other fact.
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Originally posted by Ai No Koriida
Impressive :D, I gotta get a parrot of my own someday :arr:
Be sure to think it over. A parrot will last a lifetime (litterally. There's a good chance it will even outlive you yourself). Don't buy a parrot just because you like it when it talks, just like you would impulse-buy a sweater because it looks pretty.
It's a major investment IMHO. Not only in terms of money, but also in terms of dedication.
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Yeah, I know. :p I never buy anything on impulse, especially pet animals, since I don't have any :sigh:
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Originally posted by Ai No Koriida
Yeah, I know. :p I never buy anything on impulse, especially pet animals, since I don't have any :sigh:
If you buy a pet on impulse, I will hunt you down and surprise sex you and torment your family and stuff.
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:wtf: Okay...
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Originally posted by BD
You have to wonder though, why aren't we all connecting the same dots then?
Millions of years of differing evolution. The parrots mind would work in no way similarly to yours. It would have different priorities, different ways of thinking, stuff like that.
Ape researchers see similar things with Gorillas and Chimps - their minds are closer to human minds of course, but their perceptual makeup still differs in certain key areas. Trying to get into the mind of a (wild) parrot would be near impossible, no matter how close to sentient they got, though trained ones are obviously going to be moulded to human personalities.
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Not exactly where I was going with my question, but okay ;)