Alex Santoso's Comments
MisterTrilby, mimicry of birds can be quite strange. For example, lyrebird can mimic the calls of 20 other bird species, and other non-bird sound like camera shutter, car alarm, chain saw, etc. See:
Lyrebird mimicry
Lyrebird mimicry
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That snake is not sheepish about its appetite!
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Yes, much better photos. Thanks mikelietz!
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Not quite, Marco - the experiment was basically this: you're asked to give the name and number of 4 people that you know.
The researcher will then call one person out of that 4 and tell that guy to call you. You don't know which of the four is called. Then, your phone rings, and you say "ah, it's so-and-so".
So, you'd expect to "guess" right 25% of the time (1 out of 4). But the experiment's result is 45% of the time, the subjects get it right.
The researcher will then call one person out of that 4 and tell that guy to call you. You don't know which of the four is called. Then, your phone rings, and you say "ah, it's so-and-so".
So, you'd expect to "guess" right 25% of the time (1 out of 4). But the experiment's result is 45% of the time, the subjects get it right.
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Thanks Lori Witzel! Tell your friends about Neatorama, please!
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Thanks Liberal Avenger!
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Thanks MisterTrilby - it's working now.
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Ah - that's actually it Bob. The aliens would say "let's look for a star with 9 planets, then go to the third planet". It's the wrong map!
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Thanks David - what an embarrassing typo. :0
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Sam, they're not ugly - they're pugly.
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Ted, I think it wouldn't have made a difference if he just told people instead of putting it in writing - the post office would still notice that a bunch of people in his route request cancellations.
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Ant, here it is: Link.
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Hm, worked in Firefox on XP....
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If you think this one's gross, don't see the entry above this!
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See also: Things That Don't Make Scientific Sense, about an experiment on homeopathy conducted by a scientist bent on debunking it - the only thing was, she actually got the opposite result!