Edward Gibson

Yeah, it might be. It might still be there, yeah.

Yeah, it might be. It might still be there, yeah.

Yeah, it might be. It might still be there, yeah.

Yeah, so the words aren't there. And so then we do these other things. Well, if they don't have the words... Can they do exact matching kinds of tasks? Can they even do those tasks? And the answer is sort of yes and no. And so, yes, they can do them. So here's the tasks that we did. We put out those spools of thread again. Okay, so I'm going to put like three out here.

Yeah, so the words aren't there. And so then we do these other things. Well, if they don't have the words... Can they do exact matching kinds of tasks? Can they even do those tasks? And the answer is sort of yes and no. And so, yes, they can do them. So here's the tasks that we did. We put out those spools of thread again. Okay, so I'm going to put like three out here.

Yeah, so the words aren't there. And so then we do these other things. Well, if they don't have the words... Can they do exact matching kinds of tasks? Can they even do those tasks? And the answer is sort of yes and no. And so, yes, they can do them. So here's the tasks that we did. We put out those spools of thread again. Okay, so I'm going to put like three out here.

And then we gave them some objects. And those happen to be uninflated red balloons. It doesn't really matter what they are. It's just they're a bunch of exactly the same thing. And it was easy to put down right next to these objects. spools of thread, okay? And so then I put out three of these, and your task was to just put one against each of my three things. And they could do that perfectly.

And then we gave them some objects. And those happen to be uninflated red balloons. It doesn't really matter what they are. It's just they're a bunch of exactly the same thing. And it was easy to put down right next to these objects. spools of thread, okay? And so then I put out three of these, and your task was to just put one against each of my three things. And they could do that perfectly.

And then we gave them some objects. And those happen to be uninflated red balloons. It doesn't really matter what they are. It's just they're a bunch of exactly the same thing. And it was easy to put down right next to these objects. spools of thread, okay? And so then I put out three of these, and your task was to just put one against each of my three things. And they could do that perfectly.

So, I mean, I would actually do that. It was a very easy task to explain to them because I did this with this guy, Mike Frank, and he would be my I'd be the experimenter telling him to do this and showing him to do this. And then we just like, just do what he did. You'll copy him. All we had to, I didn't have to speak Piraha except for know what, copy him.

So, I mean, I would actually do that. It was a very easy task to explain to them because I did this with this guy, Mike Frank, and he would be my I'd be the experimenter telling him to do this and showing him to do this. And then we just like, just do what he did. You'll copy him. All we had to, I didn't have to speak Piraha except for know what, copy him.

So, I mean, I would actually do that. It was a very easy task to explain to them because I did this with this guy, Mike Frank, and he would be my I'd be the experimenter telling him to do this and showing him to do this. And then we just like, just do what he did. You'll copy him. All we had to, I didn't have to speak Piraha except for know what, copy him.

Like do what he did is like all we had to be able to say. And then they would do that just perfectly. And so we'd move it up. We'd do some sort of random number of items up to 10 and they basically do perfectly on that. They never get that wrong. I mean, that's not a counting task, right? That is just a match.

Like do what he did is like all we had to be able to say. And then they would do that just perfectly. And so we'd move it up. We'd do some sort of random number of items up to 10 and they basically do perfectly on that. They never get that wrong. I mean, that's not a counting task, right? That is just a match.

Like do what he did is like all we had to be able to say. And then they would do that just perfectly. And so we'd move it up. We'd do some sort of random number of items up to 10 and they basically do perfectly on that. They never get that wrong. I mean, that's not a counting task, right? That is just a match.

You just put one against, it doesn't matter how many, I don't need to know how many there are there to do that correctly. And they would make mistakes, but very, very few and no more than MIT undergrads. I'm just going to say, like, there's no, these are low stakes. So, you know, you make mistakes.

You just put one against, it doesn't matter how many, I don't need to know how many there are there to do that correctly. And they would make mistakes, but very, very few and no more than MIT undergrads. I'm just going to say, like, there's no, these are low stakes. So, you know, you make mistakes.

You just put one against, it doesn't matter how many, I don't need to know how many there are there to do that correctly. And they would make mistakes, but very, very few and no more than MIT undergrads. I'm just going to say, like, there's no, these are low stakes. So, you know, you make mistakes.

That's right. Not at all. Okay. And so that's our control. And this guy had gone down there before and said that they couldn't do this task, but I just don't know what he did wrong there because they can do this task perfectly well. And I can train my dog to do this task. So of course they can do this task. And so it's not a hard task.

That's right. Not at all. Okay. And so that's our control. And this guy had gone down there before and said that they couldn't do this task, but I just don't know what he did wrong there because they can do this task perfectly well. And I can train my dog to do this task. So of course they can do this task. And so it's not a hard task.