Monthly ArchiveFebruary 2011
General Wesley R. Elsberry on 25 Feb 2011
Dolphin, Doberman, and Intentionality
MarcoIslandFlorida reports that a doberman trapped in a canal was rescued because a dolphin made “a lot of noise”, attracting human help.
Just before lunch, police received a 911 call from a South Bahama resident who said she’d rescued a dog from a canal after she’d heard and seen a dolphin making a “lot of noise,” Burnett said.
One could juxtapose two interpretations on the event. In one, the dolphin pitched a fit over the presence of an unwanted interloper in its canal. In the other, the dolphin intended that a human come and assist the dog, and used noise as the means to attract human attention.
I like the second view better. We know from cooperative human/dolphin fishing associations that dolphins can use acrobatic displays and noise to attract humans. It isn’t that much of a stretch to suppose that could be done in this one-off situation. Collaborative fishing, though, does have a payoff for the dolphins which wasn’t a part of the dog rescue.
<> 46937 5813 >Antievolution Wesley R. Elsberry on 16 Feb 2011
Louisiana: Repeal the Creationism Law
There is a grassroots movement afoot to put the Louisiana law privileging creationism and other dreck under a false banner of “academic freedom” up for repeal. Check out the site and lend what aid you can.
<> 50178 5503 >Antievolution &Law and Politics Wesley R. Elsberry on 08 Feb 2011
Good One, Lauri
Lauri Lebo has a good essay up about flaws in a piece published in the Washington Post. It’s worth checking out.
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