http://www.futurity.org/science-technology/fearful-fish-picks-a-fight-with-its-reflection/ Research news from leading universities Sun, 12 Feb 2012 20:20:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 http://www.futurity.org/science-technology/fearful-fish-picks-a-fight-with-its-reflection/comment-page-1/#comment-12853 Jonathan Jordahl Tue, 25 May 2010 06:02:40 +0000 http://futurity.org/?p=12517#comment-12853 An important part of the human fascination with our own reflection may be this slightly dangerous, slightly eerie sense of something 'not quite right,' which we have learned to accept as civilized and normal, but which, late at night, might still give us pause before looking. An important part of the human fascination with our own reflection may be this slightly dangerous, slightly eerie sense of something ‘not quite right,’ which we have learned to accept as civilized and normal, but which, late at night, might still give us pause before looking.

]]> http://www.futurity.org/science-technology/fearful-fish-picks-a-fight-with-its-reflection/comment-page-1/#comment-12846 Roy Niles Mon, 24 May 2010 21:04:38 +0000 http://futurity.org/?p=12517#comment-12846 How do you, as a fish, outsmart another fish that anticipates your every move? A fish that isn't playing by any rules in the species' playbook. There's a danger there to which you may well have no defense. What this seems to tell us is that, for one thing, fish can draw other than instinctive inference. How do you, as a fish, outsmart another fish that anticipates your every move? A fish that isn’t playing by any rules in the species’ playbook. There’s a danger there to which you may well have no defense.
What this seems to tell us is that, for one thing, fish can draw other than instinctive inference.

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