Sadistics

Sarah — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 23:12:49 +0000

With apologies to XKCD…

As of this evening, the semester is over. I’ve never wanted anything more in my life.

Talking about talking monkeys

Sarah — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 19:52:30 +0000

It’s not often I get to sit and watch videos online and still file it under ‘being productive’, so I enjoy it when I can. This isÂ Susan Savage-Rumbaugh talking about Kanzi, a bonobo who can “talk”. While the evidence on the matter is slightly contradictory, it still seems like a good excuse to watch a film about a monkey*.

*Yes, yes. Technically, a bonobo is not a monkey. I know that. But in my mind’s fuzzy “primate” category, everything is a monkey. And it would annoy my lecturer less if I used the correct term, and where would the fun be. Also, monkeys are cuter**.

**Insinuations that I am not taking my Origins and Evolution of Language course entirely seriously, and am just treating it as a fun diversion from my really heavy subjects and overly complicated dissertation, may not be entirely unfounded. But surely enjoying a course, for whatever reason, is a good thing?

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Talking about talking monkeys