Mind you, I don't think the rats would enjoy it as much if they had to share the road with the kind of rats I share it with, and if the penalty for crashing (or being crashed into) was as high.
Rats learned to drive
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#42Now someone tell me how to teach 'en not to drink and drive - plain English wouldn't work I guess.
We still haven't figured out how to teach humans, in their own native languages, how to not drink and drive. But maybe the rats will be smarter.
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#43Earlier quoted context omitted.
I don't think we've evolved very far from apes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wHODo_jIPo4
Humans and apes are equally evolved
In fact, given the dimensionality of all possible fitness gradients, our direction of evolution is likely near-orthogonal to theirs.
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#44This reminded me of the orangutan driving a golf cart: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=DJsn1QivbKM He has mastered it. He clearly understands the concept of roads vs sidewalks. He can drive using one hand. And most importantly, he obviously has a great time doing that.
https://www.youtu.be/IFACrIx5SZ0 orangutan the carpenter
https://www.youtu.be/PcvH1eOjOVs parrot drives his own car
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#46Earlier quoted context omitted.
Maybe skateboards are just instinctual. Anyways, here's a tiny turtle on a skateboard. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bVbtAYPSapw
Instinctual is not the description I'd personally agree on, I mean just look at this https://m.youtube.com/shorts/rEwpaMJLgTI
Re: Rats learned to drive
#47This reminded me of the orangutan driving a golf cart: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=DJsn1QivbKM He has mastered it. He clearly understands the concept of roads vs sidewalks. He can drive using one hand. And most importantly, he obviously has a great time doing that.
Or dogs skateboarding, leaning into the curve of the roads. https://duckduckgo.com/?t=ffab&q=dog+skating&iax=videos&ia=v...
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#48I have an idea for a "self" driving car company.
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#49Re: Rats learned to drive
#50Now someone tell me how to teach 'en not to drink and drive - plain English wouldn't work I guess.