Fakehappy Minus One: No, I got it—and like I said, every other day of the year I agree with you. But today’s an exception. Today it went from “we could be doing this, period,” to “we could be doing more of this.”

Just mind blowing. Elephants have names. Like, they give each other names and use them in conversation. Elephants have names!

Elephants call each other by name, study findswww.theguardian.com Researchers used artificial intelligence algorithm to analyse calls by two herds of African savanna elephants in Kenya

Looking for intelligent life in space, ignoring the intelligent life here on Earth.

Honestly we can afford to do both except capitalism demands that any science generate /profits/ for the machine.

I mean I absolutely know what you both mean, and at the same time this is news about a funded study where people were specifically looking for intelligent life on earth. It’s okay to be down on this stuff most of the time, but today was a win, yeah?

I think you misunderstand the point of what I was saying in reply to another reply. This wasn't meant to be a downer, just a cynical observation about how we could be doing MORE of this type of thing if not for greedy people!

No, I got it—and like I said, every other day of the year I agree with you. But today’s an exception. Today it went from “we could be doing this, period,” to “we could be doing more of this.”

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