slothrop@lemmy.ca to Mildly Interesting@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 days agoCrows are intelligent birds and learn quickly – even from each other. In Sweden, they are used to collect cigarette butts and bring them to a machine that automatically rewards them with peanuts.lemmy.caimagemessage-square108linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up11arrow-down1imageCrows are intelligent birds and learn quickly – even from each other. In Sweden, they are used to collect cigarette butts and bring them to a machine that automatically rewards them with peanuts.lemmy.caslothrop@lemmy.ca to Mildly Interesting@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 days agomessage-square108linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squarepercent@infosec.publinkfedilinkarrow-up0·6 days agoUnless I missed something, it seems like the crows are doing it voluntarily. Is that not the case?
minus-squareFatVegan@leminal.spacelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·6 days agoAh they like to pick up toxic shit that smokers are too lazy to.
minus-squareVritrahan@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up0·6 days agoAren’t we all working voluntarily? Or are some of us enslaved property?
minus-squareraspberriesareyummy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·6 days agooh you sweet child… bless your heart.
minus-squareBrave Little Hitachi Wand@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·6 days agoSome people won’t be happy until the tyranny of extrinsic motivation is entirely banished. I wish them well, so I try to keep them motivated with little treats at semi-random intervals.
Unless I missed something, it seems like the crows are doing it voluntarily. Is that not the case?
Ah they like to pick up toxic shit that smokers are too lazy to.
Aren’t we all working voluntarily? Or are some of us enslaved property?
oh you sweet child… bless your heart.
Some people won’t be happy until the tyranny of extrinsic motivation is entirely banished. I wish them well, so I try to keep them motivated with little treats at semi-random intervals.