tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481298417819219839.post504893456508968151..comments2024-03-28T14:29:18.183+00:00Comments on A K Haart: The Einsteins of the deepA K Haarthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05897490979828603179noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481298417819219839.post-90636630681663457892012-07-19T09:34:21.270+01:002012-07-19T09:34:21.270+01:00Sam - researchers can be so amazingly anthropocent...Sam - researchers can be so amazingly anthropocentric, I often wonder how they get their material through peer review.<br /><br />Walt Disney has a lot to answer for.<br /><br />Roger - I don't really read the Mail, I just stumbled on this story. I think there are interesting issues with trying to link maths to the real world.<br /><br />Angus - maybe those bubbles are a kind of abacus? I bet the researchers didn't think of that!A K Haarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05897490979828603179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481298417819219839.post-49453323151444824502012-07-19T08:37:04.926+01:002012-07-19T08:37:04.926+01:00But can they use a calculator?But can they use a calculator?Angus Deihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00436552827944508728noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481298417819219839.post-76569096033217716062012-07-19T06:47:06.150+01:002012-07-19T06:47:06.150+01:00Serves you right for reading the Mail. Perhaps &#...Serves you right for reading the Mail. Perhaps 'experience' and 'staying alive' come into it.<br /><br />One explanation is 'maths', that is one route, but cramming a few billion brain cells into a skull then joining them up and adding the result of a few million years evolution might be another.<br /><br />Imagine, if we had been able to make biological brains we might never have invented 'maths'.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481298417819219839.post-77854597691664844102012-07-19T00:19:23.290+01:002012-07-19T00:19:23.290+01:00The article also says that Dolphins can use the co...The article also says that Dolphins can use the concept "zero". I'd like to know how the researchers work that one out. Can mackerel use it?Sam Vegahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05978971199859845931noreply@blogger.com