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while humans only discuss quantum physics on the theoretical level, cats have already master QM for practical applications.

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same with anti-gravity. cats utilize physics humans only babble about.

yesterday I saw one of my cats climb straight up a bare two by four. only a few claw marks, none deeper than about 0.020" were evident. impressive.

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Science Mag | Cats rival dogs on many tests of social smarts. But is anyone brave enough to study them?

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no sound is as soothing as a cat's purr. Turns out there is some medical science behind it.

https://www.google.com/search?ei=_EoCXb ... 2L0IEfZBTs

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The Ecologist | Cat blaming 'scientifically and morally wrong'

Widely-held belief that outdoor cats threaten biodiversity and public health challenged by new research.

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The Ecologist | Cat blaming 'scientifically and morally wrong'

Widely-held belief that outdoor cats threaten biodiversity and public health challenged by new research.

the only thing worse than racism and sexism is speciesism. humans are full of it.

In a related topic, our orange tabby, Spara, killed a bat yesterday. no telling how many flying insect lives she saved.

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Not kitty, but while we're on the subject:

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I'm betting Garfield Heights, OH, has little in common with Baltimore:
https://www.ajc.com/news/national/year- ... 4vPf7y09M/

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listening to Ian Punnett on Coast to Coast AM the other night. He was interviewing someone who spend time with Flat Earthers to gain their perspective.

Ian Punnett: "The best argument I ever heard against a Flat Earth is that if the Earth really was flat, cats would have pushed everything off the edge a long time ago."

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Science Mag | Cats rival dogs on many tests of social smarts. But is anyone brave enough to study them?

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As dogs nuzzled their way up the cognitive tree, however, cats were left clawing at the roots. By 2004, researchers had published more than two dozen papers on canine social cognition—and none on felines. And yet, aside from dogs, no other animal is as prevalent or cherished in the human home. "The scientific output doesn't match the popularity of cats," Miklósi says. "We know more about how wolves think."

Miklósi himself tried to change that in 2005. In the first study to directly compare how cats and dogs communicate with people, he and colleagues conducted the pointing test at pet owners' homes. The cats performed as well as the dogs. But, foreshadowing a headache that would plague the field of feline social cognition, several cats "dropped out" of the study, according to the research paper. Some stopped paying attention. Others simply walked away from the testing site.

What should have been the beginning of a revolution in feline social cognition turned out to be a dead end. No one followed up on Miklósi's study, including Miklósi himself, who vowed never to work with cats again. "I think everybody tried, and almost everybody gave up," he says, laughing. It would be nearly a decade before almost anyone tried again.
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