Comments on: Rats Mind-Meld Across Continents, But To What End?

By: Reena Mathunny

Reena Mathunny — Mon, 04 Mar 2013 00:08:58 +0000

Besides rats, other living beings like humans have this ability in the form empathy

By: nicole resendiz

nicole resendiz — Sun, 03 Mar 2013 20:50:39 +0000

That sounds really cool

By: Ryan Hoffman

Ryan Hoffman — Sat, 02 Mar 2013 20:31:03 +0000

Incredible!

By: amphiox

amphiox — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 23:34:05 +0000

And so it begins….

http://www.smbc-comics.com/index.php?db=comics&id=2881#comic

By: James Sweet

James Sweet — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 20:47:15 +0000

This is now the 3rd most shared story on BBC News — I think the experimental approach has been validated

By: Ben

Ben — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 15:49:31 +0000

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By: James Sweet

James Sweet — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 17:51:25 +0000

I think the answer to the question, “What is the point of this experiment?”, is implicitly answered by the word “intercontinental.”

This is grant fodder, plain and simple. It’s fascinating that they can do this, but as the other scientists said, the experimental design is needlessly convoluted and the results relatively unimpressive. But it’s quite clear that was never the purpose of this experiment: Otherwise, why not just have the rats be in separate rooms? Why do it across continents?

What they’ve done hear is taken some fascinating research they’ve been doing (and would like to continue doing) and packaged it in an experiment that is guaranteed to grab headlines. (“Intercontinental rat telepathy!”) More power to ‘em, really..