The Knowlege Economy: Grinding the Monkey
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Kenneth Warren
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The Knowlege Economy: Grinding the Monkey
“Keith Chen’s Monkey Research,â€Â
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Stephen Calhoun
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Very interesting and not surprising.
One thing: the connotations of money confuse the description of the Capuchin experiment in its publicized form. In technical terms the monkeys are manipulating *tokens*, since they don't know money from nothin'; (don't know tokens either, yet it's a bit clearer designate.)
There is an implication for human experiment in this because the language matters and is potentially plastic and could flow with new modes into new 'signs'.
One thing: the connotations of money confuse the description of the Capuchin experiment in its publicized form. In technical terms the monkeys are manipulating *tokens*, since they don't know money from nothin'; (don't know tokens either, yet it's a bit clearer designate.)
There is an implication for human experiment in this because the language matters and is potentially plastic and could flow with new modes into new 'signs'.
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Re: The Knowlege Economy: Grinding the Monkey
[quote="Kenneth Warren"]“...Stephen J. Dubner and Steven D. Litt note “But in a clean and spacious laboratory at Yale-New Haven Hospital, seven capuchin monkeys have been taught to use money, and a comparison of capuchin behavior and human behavior will either surprise you very much or not at all, depending on your view of humans.â€Â