Fascinating
I just ran across this picture today while procrastinating:
It never ceases to amaze me how curious life is. It takes a bunch of primates to bring together these two creatures which, in the ‘natural’ world, would never in a million years come upon one another. You’ll forgive the anthropomorphism, but I just can’t help but wonder what each was thinking. “What a curious creature!”, “Ack! Water!”, “Dinner!”, or just “Wtf?”
Hmm…
On a related note, read this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clever_Hans.
And then watch this (which is only very tangentially related): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ImvlS8PLIo
I love science.
On another note, I’m in the middle of papers and final exams right now, but I’m hoping to be able to do some blogging over the holidays. We’ll see if I get around to it or if I’ll end up watching unhealthy amounts of TV or finding some new game into which to immerse myself.
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Tiger, tiger, burning bright
In the forests of the night,
What immortal hand or eye
Dare frame thy fearful symmetry?
- The Tiger (William Blake)
