[HN Gopher] A Technical Film Report on Project Deep Ops (1972) [...
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       A Technical Film Report on Project Deep Ops (1972) [video]
        
       Author : areoform
       Score  : 19 points
       Date   : 2023-05-26 12:26 UTC (10 hours ago)
        
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       | motohagiography wrote:
       | If there were one thing to deduce from the ancient history of
       | using animals in warfare, it's that the people who manage to get
       | animals to acquiesce to helping them tended to prevail. The
       | willingness and intention exhibited by the animals in this video
       | is just incredibly enthusiastic.
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       | Watching that whale check its work is like the difference between
       | someone sounding out notes to a song as they play them and
       | knowing it well enough to completely rock it. Some people might
       | read about operant conditioning in school and think this is just
       | "circus training," but actually educating another being so that
       | it can subdue its instincts and co-operate and reason about
       | abstractions is an incredible accomplishment. This video is
       | essentially an example of what could be called "whale dressage,"
       | where the animal is being educated to be fit for purpose. (from
       | the French word, _" dresser"_, meaning to train, or to set up for
       | a purpose.)
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       | The argument about "circus training," vs "education" is a very
       | old controversy in horsemanship that persists to this day as
       | well, and it's oddly relevant to ideas about animal consciousness
       | and ethics around what intelligent life is. Such a great program.
        
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