Aidan Posted September 28, 2010 Share Posted September 28, 2010 Watch it with the sound down first (first 1 min will be enough), then watch it again with the sound on: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WKdThJ-eGwE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
persephone Posted September 28, 2010 Share Posted September 28, 2010 Huh? Of course humans will attribute feelings/actions to geometric shapes portrayed in such a manner , because it reminds us of the behaviour of beings with brains . I don't get it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jigsaw Posted September 28, 2010 Share Posted September 28, 2010 Reminds me of the Dad's Army intro with big arrows and little arrows! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wazzat Xolo Posted September 28, 2010 Share Posted September 28, 2010 very good and possibly the best ever example I have seen to explain Anthropomorphism. EXCELLENT thank you, now to show this to all my friends who think they have human dogs! lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raineth Posted September 29, 2010 Share Posted September 29, 2010 thanks for posting Aidan I had read about that experiment - I had never thought to look it up on youtube! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jigsaw Posted September 29, 2010 Share Posted September 29, 2010 Just in case nobody has any idea of what I'm talking about!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aidan3 Posted September 29, 2010 Share Posted September 29, 2010 Just in case nobody has any idea of what I'm talking about!! That is actually a really good example of the same concept Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erny Posted September 29, 2010 Share Posted September 29, 2010 (edited) Just in case nobody has any idea of what I'm talking about!! That is actually a really good example of the same concept Is it though, considering there are values, historically speaking, that those symbols/flags give meaning to the arrowhead figures? In the first example, there is nothing to ascribe value to either of the triangles or the ball. Edited September 29, 2010 by Erny Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aidan3 Posted September 29, 2010 Share Posted September 29, 2010 (edited) Just in case nobody has any idea of what I'm talking about!! That is actually a really good example of the same concept Is it though, considering there are values, historically speaking, that those symbols/flags give meaning to the arrowhead figures? In the first example, there is nothing to ascribe value to either of the triangles or the ball. That's true, definitely not as extreme, but they are still not living creatures. The clip I posted was designed to "tell a story", people have repeated this sort of experiment with totally random, computer-generated nonsense and observers still want to attribute human meaning to it. Completely normal, as Persephone said, it's what we do. I posted the example to demonstrate how easy it is to attribute human characteristics onto other things that are not human, such as dogs. The other reason for posting was for those who would follow the instruction to watch it first with the sound down, then watch it again with the sound up. In all likelihood you would have had a similar, but not the same, interpretation as the person in the video. I participated in a class demonstration (with a different graphic, just two circles and a rectangle) and no two people in the class had even similar stories. One person said "the dot on the left needed to talk to the dot on the right, and it expanded so that it could jump the wall", another person said "one ball was being pumped up, and the other ball got jealous". I said "it was a mating ritual that went horribly wrong", I'm not sure what that says about me though... Edited September 29, 2010 by Aidan2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raineth Posted September 30, 2010 Share Posted September 30, 2010 I said "it was a mating ritual that went horribly wrong", I'm not sure what that says about me though... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snoopy21 Posted September 30, 2010 Share Posted September 30, 2010 I said "it was a mating ritual that went horribly wrong", I'm not sure what that says about me though... I'm sure it says something..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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