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To: allen592

Clever Hans the horse could do that over 100 years ago.


2 posted on 12/02/2023 10:56:57 AM PST by HartleyMBaldwin
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To: HartleyMBaldwin
"Clever Hans the horse could do that over 100 years ago."

Clever Hans (German: der Kluge Hans; c. 1895 – c. 1916) was a horse that was claimed to have performed arithmetic and other intellectual tasks. After a formal investigation in 1907, psychologist Oskar Pfungst demonstrated that the horse was not actually performing these mental tasks, but was watching the reactions of his trainer.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clever_Hans

6 posted on 12/02/2023 11:00:30 AM PST by Paal Gulli
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To: HartleyMBaldwin

I heard it from Mr. Ed’s mouth myself!


10 posted on 12/02/2023 11:02:40 AM PST by 9YearLurker
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To: HartleyMBaldwin

And Clever Hans’s owner didn’t even know he was cuing his horse.

A good reason why a lot of police dog alerts are invalid, and subsequent searches should be inadmissible. You can’t put the K9 on the stand.


13 posted on 12/02/2023 11:14:54 AM PST by heartwood (Someone has to play devil's advocate.)
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To: HartleyMBaldwin

Right, it’s an old trick.


24 posted on 12/02/2023 12:42:46 PM PST by SaxxonWoods (Successful People Have a Sense of Gratitude. Unsuccessful People Have a Sense of Entitlement)
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To: HartleyMBaldwin

Immediately what I thought off.

It’s an old scam.


28 posted on 12/02/2023 3:22:41 PM PST by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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