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And perhaps this explains t... (Below threshold)1. Posted by COgirl | December 17, 2007 9:27 PM | Score: 1 (1 votes cast)
And perhaps this explains the reason the so-called Duke Lacrosse rape case got as far as it did. Faulty memories. . .
1. Posted by COgirl | December 17, 2007 9:27 PM |
Score: 1 (1 votes cast)
Posted on December 17, 2007 21:27
2. Posted by SarahConnor2 | December 17, 2007 9:28 PM | Score: 0 (2 votes cast)
Obnoxious moonbat comments in 5-4-3-2...
2. Posted by SarahConnor2 | December 17, 2007 9:28 PM |
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Posted on December 17, 2007 21:28
3. Posted by epador | December 17, 2007 10:48 PM | Score: 2 (2 votes cast)
Well, the study had more to do with short term memory for numbers than mathematics. I bet a chimp wouldn't have trouble remembering whose comment was which number. However, college students might have a better advantage at a weekend caption contest...
3. Posted by epador | December 17, 2007 10:48 PM |
Score: 2 (2 votes cast)
Posted on December 17, 2007 22:48
4. Posted by John F Not Kerry | December 17, 2007 11:26 PM | Score: 1 (1 votes cast)
Yeah, but did they turn out any good term papers? Did it take an infinite number of them to do so?
4. Posted by John F Not Kerry | December 17, 2007 11:26 PM |
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Posted on December 17, 2007 23:26
5. Posted by SATerp | December 17, 2007 11:48 PM | Score: 2 (2 votes cast)
We alumni of other ACC schools have known this about Duke students for years.
5. Posted by SATerp | December 17, 2007 11:48 PM |
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Posted on December 17, 2007 23:48
6. Posted by Rickbert![[TypeKey Profile Page]](http://wizbangblog.com/nav-commenters.gif)
| December 18, 2007 2:14 AM | Score: 2 (2 votes cast)
That the skill sets of humans and chimps overlap should come as a suprise to nobody. I'm willing to reserve some of my skepticism for bad science reporting, but from most of what I've seen in the recent stories on these tests, they weren't done well or they weren't reported well.
The really interesting stuff would be finding the point where chimp skills on simple tests part ways from human results. I've seen nothing about that question so far, so either the science is bad, or it's the reporting.
Also, another story I read left the impression that the chimps received considerable training with the 'game' while the humans were tested on their first introduction to it. The chips, apparently, took considerable training just to be able to learn the behaviors expected of them.
Give humans a few weeks/months of training, would the results be the same? Would the results then be less meaningful? I'm all for the science here, I'm just not convinced that's what was conducted.
6. Posted by Rickbert![[TypeKey Profile Page]](http://wizbangblog.com/nav-commenters.gif)
| December 18, 2007 2:14 AM |
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Posted on December 18, 2007 02:14
7. Posted by Matt | December 18, 2007 11:44 AM | Score: 1 (1 votes cast)
But were the Chimps full of beer and pizza?
7. Posted by Matt | December 18, 2007 11:44 AM |
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Posted on December 18, 2007 11:44
8. Posted by SCSIwuzzy | December 18, 2007 12:22 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Gotta love that when they needed to name poo-flinging monkeys, they turned to the legislators from California.
8. Posted by SCSIwuzzy | December 18, 2007 12:22 PM |
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Posted on December 18, 2007 12:22
9. Posted by Rance | December 18, 2007 4:08 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
I heard an interview with one of the researchers on NPR this morning. She said that the chimps scored about 75% while the students scored about 90%. (You can read the transcript here:
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=17344697
If Reuters realy thinks that 75% is doing "about as well" as 90%, maybe it's because they
floated through school with their "gentlemans' C".
9. Posted by Rance | December 18, 2007 4:08 PM |
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Posted on December 18, 2007 16:08
10. Posted by James Cloninger | December 18, 2007 11:59 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
But were the Chimps full of beer and pizza?
Mellon: "Hey, it's okay! They're just taking a break, that's all!"
(Yes, I'm the only one who got the reference)
10. Posted by James Cloninger | December 18, 2007 11:59 PM |
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Posted on December 18, 2007 23:59