Team hopes findings will help improve equine welfare after showing cognitive abilities include being ‘goal-directed’

  • whenthebigonefinallyhitsla
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    31 month ago

    it looks like somebody in this story doesn’t understand the difference between strategy and tactics, which definitely seems like quite an important distinction in this case

    • @tastysnacks
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      01 month ago

      Why is that important? If you want to separate the two, the strategy is obvious.

      • whenthebigonefinallyhitsla
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        11 month ago

        thinking tactically is short term, thinking strategically is long-term, especially with the “plan ahead” in the title

        nothing about the test described in the article implies that horses are capable of doing that though

        • @tastysnacks
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          11 month ago

          Your definition and the articles definition is different. Yours is long term, the articles is “goal directed”.