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BuddyTheBeefalo@lemmy.ml to science@lemmy.world · 1 year ago

Lab mice might be doing their own experiments

www.popsci.com

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Lab mice might be doing their own experiments

www.popsci.com

BuddyTheBeefalo@lemmy.ml to science@lemmy.world · 1 year ago
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New research suggests that mice base their decisions on more than just immediate reward. They may also make 'mistakes' on purpose.
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    They’re so close to finding the question to Life, the Universe, and Everything.

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      6x7?

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        How many roads must a boy walk down before he becomes a man?

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          And I would walk 500 more

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      What do you get when you multiply 6 by 9?

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    Obligatory HHGTTG quote:

    In fact there was only one species on the planet more intelligent than dolphins, and they spent a lot of their time in behavioural research laboratories running around inside wheels and conducting frighteningly elegant and subtle experiments on man. The fact that once again man completely misinterpreted this relationship was entirely according to these creatures’ plans.

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    Keep an eye on the dolphins

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      And don’t forget the towel.

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    Further hitchhikers joke

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    So the childhood favourite ‘Mrs Frisby and the Rats of Nimh’ was onto something.

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