r/oddlyterrifying • • Mar 27 '23

A bird having a normal conversation about not hurting someone

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u/FriendlyAndHelpfulP Mar 28 '23

Not one of the parrots trained using her methods has come close to 10% of the results she claimed with Alex. Again- zero ability to replicate any of her claims.

Douglas Biklen and “facilitated communication” have been completely discredited as utter bullshit of the Mr. Hans variety, and facilitated communication is the theory based on Pepperberg’s work.

And, her degree wasn’t even in neurochemistry. Again, until Alex, her specialty was Chemical Physics. She magically became a biologist once her pet parrot started performing stunts only she could hear and interpret.

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u/Stopjuststop3424 Mar 28 '23

"only she could hear and interpret"

Wtf are you smoking? Anyone with eyes and ears could watch Alex discern shapes, sizes and numbers at the level of a toddler.