tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8565737623121795004.post4474303004523219211..comments2023-11-29T13:13:23.022+00:00Comments on newgate news: "Does the other one talk?" "Only when she lets me."Macheathhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04451439759398780345noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8565737623121795004.post-46827856062862304632013-01-17T05:48:14.356+00:002013-01-17T05:48:14.356+00:00"... I'm getting increasingly fed up with...<i>"... I'm getting increasingly fed up with the lowest-common-denominator TV channel season previews which consist almost entirely of people shouting, crying or kissing."</i><br /><br />But...that IS what most modern films are about, it seems! :)JuliaMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07844126589712842477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8565737623121795004.post-80432244008837717792013-01-16T08:42:01.935+00:002013-01-16T08:42:01.935+00:00Julia - at least with film trailers you do get som...Julia - at least with film trailers you do get some sense of what it's about; I'm getting increasingly fed up with the lowest-common-denominator TV channel season previews which consist almost entirely of people shouting, crying or kissing.<br /><br />AKH, I agree - the anthropomorphism is entirely at odds with the objectivity such research requires.<br /><br />JH, the bananas were only mentioned in the radio interview, but just so.Macheathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04451439759398780345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8565737623121795004.post-29073367221745431062013-01-15T22:31:32.168+00:002013-01-15T22:31:32.168+00:00Ah yes, the bananas.Ah yes, the bananas.James Highamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14525082702330365464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8565737623121795004.post-79121005569810462892013-01-15T18:49:42.120+00:002013-01-15T18:49:42.120+00:00"Chimpanzees have a similar sense of fairness..."Chimpanzees have a similar sense of fairness to people, say scientists."<br /><br />It niggles me when people drag in words such as "fairness" to big up research like this. <br /><br />Chimps are social animals, but all this research shows is that they can play a very simple reward game and avoid losing. They aren't being "fair".A K Haarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05897490979828603179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8565737623121795004.post-74986773598953828762013-01-15T18:12:36.883+00:002013-01-15T18:12:36.883+00:00"Trailers were certainly different in those d...<i>"Trailers were certainly different in those days - talk about spoilers!"</i><br /><br />Oh, indeed! Whereas with modern trailers, they are just all the highlights of the film...JuliaMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07844126589712842477noreply@blogger.com