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Device For Humans To Speak To Dolphins
Sky News ^
| Tuesday April 07, 2009
| Catherine Jacob
Posted on 04/10/2009 1:17:56 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway
I don’t see anything really new in this device, but he’s got a cute wife researching with him, so points for the pic.
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posted on
04/10/2009 1:52:40 PM PDT
by
Gondring
(Paul Revere would have been flamed as a naysayer troll and told to go back to Boston.)
To: nickcarraway
The entire evidence that dolphins are so intelligent is that their cerebrums have a very high surface area. There is a correlation between cerebral surface area and intelligence. So far, the only animal found capable of abstract language (i.e., the use of adjectives or hyptheticals) is not a dolphin or an ape, but a parrot. The animal with the most evolved reasoning skills is a dog.
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posted on
04/10/2009 1:53:12 PM PDT
by
dangus
To: nickcarraway
Yes, but my point is that, somehow, Lassie’s barking was translated by people into, “Timmy’s in the well.” Now, my point is when people translate “dolphin speak”, it’s also translated into, “Timmy’s in the well.” :)
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posted on
04/10/2009 1:57:07 PM PDT
by
johnthebaptistmoore
(Conservatives obey the rules. Leftists cheat. Who probably has the political advantage?)
To: DManA
And she was lying in the grass
And she could hear the highway breathing
And she could see a nearby factory
Shes making sure she is not dreaming
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posted on
04/10/2009 1:57:58 PM PDT
by
steveo
To: johnthebaptistmoore
The dolphins are saying “what’s for dinner? Fish again!”
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posted on
04/10/2009 1:59:43 PM PDT
by
Hillarys Gate Cult
(The man who said "there's no such thing as a stupid question" has never talked to Helen Thomas.)
To: nickcarraway
Said the spokesdolphin: "Hey! HEY! Gimme a fish! Hey! Hey! Gimme a fish! Hey! Hey! Gimme a.....What was that noise?"
"Hey! Hey! What was that noise? Hey! Hey! What...."
And so on. They're animals, for Pete's sake. Are these idiots expecting to debate philosophy with them?
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posted on
04/10/2009 2:09:39 PM PDT
by
wbill
To: DManA
I posted #26 before reading your cartoon. Really.
GMTA. :-)
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posted on
04/10/2009 2:10:31 PM PDT
by
wbill
To: nickcarraway
South Park also had something similar happen with killer whales during one episode. At the end, we see a dead killer whale on the moon.
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posted on
04/10/2009 4:19:37 PM PDT
by
johnthebaptistmoore
(Conservatives obey the rules. Leftists cheat. Who probably has the political advantage?)
To: nickcarraway; Revolting cat!
"eeeeiiiit eeeeiiit cackle cackle eeeeit eeeeeeit!"
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posted on
04/10/2009 4:46:30 PM PDT
by
a fool in paradise
( “Saving the New York Times now ranks with saving Darfur as a high-minded cause.”NYTimes Bill Kell)
To: nickcarraway; AdmSmith; Berosus; Convert from ECUSA; dervish; Ernest_at_the_Beach; Fred Nerks; ...
...unfortunately, the dolphins can’t understand anything coming out of the machine...
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posted on
04/10/2009 5:23:10 PM PDT
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SunkenCiv
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To: nickcarraway
These researchers are so silly. Look the noise makes a pattern on the water!
Reminds me of The Voyage Home where Spock points out (paraphrasing) that you can’t speak “whale” by just stringing a bunch of whale song sounds together, it won’t have any meaning.
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posted on
04/10/2009 5:38:35 PM PDT
by
visualops
(portraits.artlife.us or visit my freeper page)
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