tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7803930806872297256.post7141769923593355018..comments2023-12-21T04:56:50.986-08:00Comments on BizarroBlog: Chicken MythologyPirarohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02340738828876740970noreply@blogger.comBlogger32125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7803930806872297256.post-83744715064330401212010-08-16T21:38:40.469-07:002010-08-16T21:38:40.469-07:00I have been visiting various blogs for my term pap...I have been visiting various blogs for my term paper research. I have found your blog to be quite useful. Keep updating your blog with valuable information... RegardsTerm Papershttp://www.usatermpapers.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7803930806872297256.post-52692440991309117852010-02-18T04:33:06.594-08:002010-02-18T04:33:06.594-08:00I have four chickens they have thier own henhouse ...I have four chickens they have thier own henhouse but I go ot and hang with them everyday. They are funny and smart. everyone tells me they are stupit. My husband nicknamed them fried, grilled and bbq but I know different. I often want to bring them in to just hang but I know they are happoer out there and then there is the poop.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09595049030504183594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7803930806872297256.post-83178312186565402342009-02-13T07:00:00.000-08:002009-02-13T07:00:00.000-08:00Har dee har. Jeremy and Farmer Ted, you are...how ...Har dee har. <BR/>Jeremy and Farmer Ted, you are...how shall I put this... idiots.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7803930806872297256.post-52142483440790482282009-02-11T06:53:00.000-08:002009-02-11T06:53:00.000-08:00Jeremay and Dan,Yup, no doubt you're both correct....Jeremay and Dan,<BR/>Yup, no doubt you're both correct. A comment on a blog post =! fully nuanced discussion.<BR/><BR/>I will argue, however, that the child of an architect is no more likely to be good a building than any other human because our species gave up the ability to transmit 'instinct' in favor of increased learning and adaptability. Not saying that there isn't SOME innate skill/associative thought structuring passed on through generations.<BR/><BR/>Now, bringing evolutionary factors into a discussion of individual intelligence is dirty pool! =)Artillery MKVhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07872347673669457369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7803930806872297256.post-9380153360123821952009-02-11T01:16:00.000-08:002009-02-11T01:16:00.000-08:00I'm guessing the punch line of this cartoon has so...I'm guessing the punch line of this cartoon has something to do with being hen pecked.Karlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10365614073129982719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7803930806872297256.post-48951060225360004822009-02-10T19:35:00.000-08:002009-02-10T19:35:00.000-08:00as most of you may know my grandpa or as they say ...as most of you may know my grandpa or as they say in french pepere possesses a virgin assFIDOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12048214745631709785noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7803930806872297256.post-22560830317976444112009-02-10T18:20:00.000-08:002009-02-10T18:20:00.000-08:00Awesome post! Finally someone articulates my every...Awesome post! Finally someone articulates my every existential thoughtMichael Tallonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11855096788592037273noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7803930806872297256.post-35732155447784038802009-02-10T17:21:00.000-08:002009-02-10T17:21:00.000-08:00"They'd be terrific pets if they didn't poop indis..."They'd be terrific pets if they didn't poop indiscriminately."<BR/><BR/>the same is also true of my husband. <BR/><BR/>you have some erroneous information there. <BR/><BR/>*i* can also shoot webbs out of my butt. i just choose not to.<BR/><BR/>well, most of the time, anyway.hollyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14839794772310980473noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7803930806872297256.post-85107132616816612082009-02-10T16:31:00.000-08:002009-02-10T16:31:00.000-08:00This conversation is painfully dull. Please make i...This conversation is painfully dull. Please make it stop or Penny and Shortcake will start posting again.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03467020194112923397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7803930806872297256.post-22989064760418228352009-02-10T15:31:00.000-08:002009-02-10T15:31:00.000-08:00i had to comment as anonymous because my gmail acc...i had to comment as anonymous because my gmail account changed. man we should get merchandise points or something.<BR/><BR/>would it have been funnier if you would have added "to see that little hussy" thus answering the age old question????doug nicodemushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05878123200691241584noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7803930806872297256.post-8248534507261371352009-02-10T15:20:00.000-08:002009-02-10T15:20:00.000-08:00intellegent design is a lot more funnier then that...intellegent design is a lot more funnier then that cartoon dan. maybe a HA<BR/><BR/>the nature of intellegence requires that behaviors change when the outcomes suck. most birds can do that. chickens as any domesticated animal have gotten a lot smarter through that association with humans...please see the movie "chicken run"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7803930806872297256.post-48524622316705448202009-02-10T14:44:00.000-08:002009-02-10T14:44:00.000-08:00isee3dtoo,All too true, unfortunately. I thought s...isee3dtoo,<BR/><BR/>All too true, unfortunately. I thought science meant study, and that would mean that there would be no fake studying. Just bad guesses and bad conclusions.<BR/><BR/>Have you seen Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed, isee3dtoo?Jeremyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14816103831811485260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7803930806872297256.post-12315058178444323582009-02-10T14:08:00.000-08:002009-02-10T14:08:00.000-08:00Jeremy,"Legitimate science" is when you ...Jeremy,<BR/><BR/>"Legitimate science" is when you find a single bone in the desert and you announce to the world that based on this single bone a bizarro-saur roamed the earth a gad-zillion years ago and that it ate mushrooms, had purple skin, and made the sound that a bull-moose with its gonads caught on barbed-wire-fence would make. Then a science magazine, yahoo.com, & wikipedia publishes your find. Cause once three authorities have published it, it must be right. After all of that your bizarro-saur is featured in a Steven Spielberg movie or a Discovery Channel special and you are given some award.<BR/><BR/>This is called "legitimate science" and it happens every day of the year. I call it hype cause no one knows what color or sound a bizarro-saur is or made. All the rest however is true.isee3dtoohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04769549614987317740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7803930806872297256.post-36960959086922742822009-02-10T11:26:00.000-08:002009-02-10T11:26:00.000-08:00Then you need to change "That's just the way the s...Then you need to change "That's just the way the species is designed, no sense trying to house train them." to something else.<BR/><BR/>Please define "Legitimate science."Jeremyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14816103831811485260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7803930806872297256.post-65908167949635450412009-02-10T09:41:00.000-08:002009-02-10T09:41:00.000-08:00A lot of this seems to me to be semantics. To my m...A lot of this seems to me to be semantics. To my mind, instinct is a less complex form of intelligence. <BR/><BR/>Birds and other animals DO learn from each other. When raised in captivity or away from their own kind, non-human animals often lack behaviors that are standard in the flock or pack.<BR/> <BR/>The fact that they don't change their home design is more about creativity than intelligence. Through natural selection, they build a house that works perfectly and stop there. If you learned to build a house that worked from an elder, it wouldn't fall down, you wouldn't have to change the design. <BR/><BR/>And we've all seen cats and dogs learn to solve new problems in new ways. Chickens do this, too. It's all a matter of degrees. I've also noted that some chickens we've fostered are much smarter than others. They also have different likes, dislikes, skill levels, personalities, just like humans, dogs, cats, etc., they are individuals. <BR/><BR/>The bottom line, of course, is that I afford them the same respect as my fellow humans, regardless of how like me they are. I make these points because I used to use the "not like me, not worth as much as me" as a rationalization for subsidizing their abuse.<BR/><BR/>Many good comments, thanks to all.<BR/><BR/>By the way, I don't recognize any evidence for "Intelligent Design," nor does legitimate science. Sorry. :)Pirarohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02340738828876740970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7803930806872297256.post-68832170057195802532009-02-10T08:27:00.000-08:002009-02-10T08:27:00.000-08:00Artillery MKV-You make chickens sound more capable...Artillery MKV-<BR/><BR/>You make chickens sound more capable than humans. When was the last time you saw a chicken build a shelter with a roof? I have only ever seen them build nests, their feathers are perfectly designed for deflecting rain.<BR/><BR/>You fail to account for where the instinct comes from. How did it start?<BR/><BR/>It came from natural selection. That chicken's ancestors were good at building nests, which is why that chicken is so good at building a nest.<BR/><BR/>On the same note, if your parents were architects or engineers, chances are good that you will be good at building a structure just as your parents were.Jeremyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14816103831811485260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7803930806872297256.post-64803985938222219292009-02-10T07:54:00.000-08:002009-02-10T07:54:00.000-08:00apropos only of animal rights stuff, Sunday's Lio ...apropos only of animal rights stuff, Sunday's Lio was fun and educational:<BR/><BR/>http://www.gocomics.com/lio/2009/02/08/Jeff Pollethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13789663140920958914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7803930806872297256.post-35441743902588379772009-02-10T07:34:00.000-08:002009-02-10T07:34:00.000-08:00As far as human's intelligence goes, my professor ...As far as human's intelligence goes, my professor was talking about this the other day. Another student brought up how yeast uses up all of its resources and then dies because it cannot stand its own excrement.<BR/>Are we smarter than yeast?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7803930806872297256.post-78046480118043993662009-02-10T06:48:00.000-08:002009-02-10T06:48:00.000-08:00Dan,While I completely agree that most people are ...Dan,<BR/>While I completely agree that most people are far too humanocentric in our definition of intelligence, it's too far to point to instictual behaviors as 'intelligent.'<BR/><BR/>The difference between intelligent behavior and instinctual behavior is the element of learning.<BR/><BR/>While a bird and I may both go into the woods and build a shelter, the bird builds the same kind of shelter that every other member of its species builds . .and no one ever taught it how to build it.<BR/><BR/>On the other hand I'll go out and build something that falls on my head. I note why it fell and change my design. IT falls on my head. Once I wake up from the concussion I'll try a different model (no more really heavy logs as the central support- OW!) until I'm successful.<BR/><BR/>Now the bird's intelligence is applied differently. If the bird's house falls it simply moves to a different area and builds another exactly the same. But the bird is going to be a LOT better as determining the best place to build their shelter, factoring in food, weather and predators.<BR/><BR/>I on the other hand will wake up with water running through my shelter the first time it rains, having to revise my design and placement yet again.<BR/><BR/>AND, if I had someone who knew anything about shelter building they could teach me and I could skip the first problematic steps.Artillery MKVhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07872347673669457369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7803930806872297256.post-60797697820363675902009-02-10T05:32:00.000-08:002009-02-10T05:32:00.000-08:00Ahh yes, I believe sunday's non sequitur touched o...Ahh yes, I believe sunday's non sequitur touched on some of these topics http://www.gocomics.com/nonsequitur/2009/02/08/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7803930806872297256.post-10370275140753314892009-02-10T04:39:00.000-08:002009-02-10T04:39:00.000-08:00Awesome ... linking chickens & anthropocentris...Awesome ... linking chickens & anthropocentrism is brilliant ... but not necessary intelligent design as per Jeremy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7803930806872297256.post-18032797764034777162009-02-09T20:46:00.001-08:002009-02-09T20:46:00.001-08:00The photo associated with, "They'd be terrific pet...The photo associated with, "They'd be terrific pets if they didn't poop indiscriminately," of course begs the question: which one in the photo poops indiscriminately more often?<BR/><BR/>I have chickens. I do not have children. There is a reason for this.Penny Mitchellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13154829540938334107noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7803930806872297256.post-58588554006713748392009-02-09T20:46:00.000-08:002009-02-09T20:46:00.000-08:00Hyperlink chickenerrific!!!Hyperlink chickenerrific!!!Speedcat Hollydalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01207240842689917922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7803930806872297256.post-53977785730682823712009-02-09T19:34:00.000-08:002009-02-09T19:34:00.000-08:00Grady, So... what is the non-chicken definition o...Grady, So... what is the non-chicken definition of intelligence other than "... something chickens lack"? Obviously you haven't met the teenagers in my neighborhood? Chickens seem quite "intellectual" in comparison.guy who trapped monkey girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09409556408430612290noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7803930806872297256.post-86312789012259637832009-02-09T17:37:00.000-08:002009-02-09T17:37:00.000-08:00Hey, this is my first post, I'm a big fan. In the ...Hey, this is my first post, I'm a big fan. In the future I'll try to get more positive because I really enjoy most of your work, but I have to get critical of your chickens-aren't-stupid stance.<BR/><BR/>Instinct: Learning where the food is, pretending a wing is broken; creating a nest.<BR/>Emotional/devotional attachment: cuddling while you watch TV and chirping in glee when you return.<BR/><BR/>Intelligence: Something entirely different, and something that chickens lack. There is a reason "intelligence" and "instinct" are different words in the dictionary, and there is also a reason that "stupid" is an antonym for "intelligent." <BR/><BR/>Intelligence refers to certain capabilities which some humans and some other animals have. It can be a little anthropocentric, but that's mostly because of the high value we humans put on intelligence. In the animal world, instinct is more valuable, but we like to pride ourselves on having something better than chicken-like instinct: intelligence. <BR/><BR/>So intelligence is not measured by comparison to humans. It's measured by comparison to the definition of intelligence. And chickens come up lacking. They may be loving, they may be great companions, but they're stupid. (Which, of course, you shouldn't see as an insult to chickens at all - they don't need intelligence any more than they need bikes).Gradyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15094978399526432736noreply@blogger.com