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Episode 491: American Democracy & American Inerrancy with Michael F. Bird

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The Goldfish - Forgot Everything in Eight Seconds?

Scientists train goldfish by giving them a fish pellet. If they successfully steer their vehicle to the target, they are rewarded with one. But if you give it enough time, as the thing just swims around, isn't it eventually going to bump into the target? And don't goldfish notoriously have like three second attention span? Somthinout. I thought he eight seconds. Forgot everything in eight seconds. Ra scientists amazement, the goldfish successfully reached the target after a few days of training. It took them a few no. Now, haven't we just disproven the whole eight second memory thing, if they could learn it over et days? Or did it take

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