Dogs can read minds, apparently

[jimmy156]

Saw this report on BBC breakfast, from a "prominent Cambridge scientist"

Surely its complete rubbish... does anyone know if there is any other evidence to support this, brain scans of dogs supposedly reading minds etc.

Must be a slow news day at the BBC as tey are reporting on an albino blackbird in their science/environment section

[jimmy156]

Simpo Two said:

I don't think journos can manage anything more scientific that that. They're still recovering from trying to say 'Pseudomonas' last week. Hell, I was playing with P. aeruginosa as a student!

I cant believe that they have only just appointed a science editor.

Simpo Two said:

Probably a seagull.

and in other news the "rare white blackbird" seems to have grown, perhaps something to do with its albinism. It has been captured on film below:


IMG_4522 by jimmyb156, on Flickr

[jimmy156]

rhinochopig said:

I didn't have to open that link to know that the prominent Cam scientist would be Sheldrake. If you liked that story OP, buy his book 7 experiments to change the world as it's an interesting read, whether you believe his theories or not.

Is he respected in the scientific community or his he considered a bit of a loon?