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[–] 83 points 1 year ago* (1 child)

For those curious, I found this source: http://prefrontal.org/files/posters/Bennett-Salmon-2009.pdf (Bennet et al. 2009: Neural correlates of interspecies perspective taking in the post-mortem Atlantic Salmon: An argument for multiple comparisons correction)

Essentially it's using a dead salmon as a lone control to argue that fMRI studies should be more rigorous in how they control for random noise.

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  • was not alive at the time of scanning.

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  • [–] 29 points 1 year ago

    That is a legendary paper. First-class trolling.

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  • [–] 13 points 1 year ago (9 children)

    Is…um…did they ask salmon questions about people?

    That's ridiculous - what would salmon know about people??

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    There's a chemical brothers song that, while not addressing your question straightforwardly, proves that salmon can have meaningful social interactions with humans. I think.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (3 children)

    Excellent use of the word "proves"

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  • [–] 13 points 1 year ago

    How to turn your dinner into a business expense

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  • [–] 10 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    I cant think of Fjords without thinking about Slartibartfast... damnit Douglas Adams.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago

    He has ceased to be! 'E's expired and gone to meet 'is maker! 'E's a stiff! Bereft of life, 'e rests in peace! If you hadn't nailed 'im to the perch 'e'd be pushing up the daisies! 'Is metabolic processes are now 'istory! 'E's off the twig! 'E's kicked the bucket, 'e's shuffled off 'is mortal coil, run down the curtain and joined the bleedin' choir invisible!! THIS IS AN EX-PARROT SALMON!!

    Credit: Monty Python

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  • Pining for fjords, you say. Is their name Slartibartfast by any chance?

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    That won an Ig Nobel, IIRC.

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