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| title = Conditioning | | title = Conditioning | ||
| image = conditioning.png | | image = conditioning.png | ||
− | | titletext = 'Why are you standing in the yard wearing a papal hat and a robe covered in seeds?' ' | + | | titletext = 'Why are you standing in the yard wearing a papal hat and a robe covered in seeds?' 'I'm cosplaying as Reynard the Fox.' |
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The end result would be that the local wildlife would approach, and presumably attempt to enter, any car that has that same thumping bass. Drivers, in turn, would cease to turn up their music in order to prevent the groups of animals from chasing after their cars, thus solving the problem of annoyingly loud bass. This behavior modification can itself be seen as a {{w|Operant conditioning|somewhat different form of conditioning}}. | The end result would be that the local wildlife would approach, and presumably attempt to enter, any car that has that same thumping bass. Drivers, in turn, would cease to turn up their music in order to prevent the groups of animals from chasing after their cars, thus solving the problem of annoyingly loud bass. This behavior modification can itself be seen as a {{w|Operant conditioning|somewhat different form of conditioning}}. | ||
− | The title text is a dialogue about | + | The title text is a dialogue about giving out birdseed while {{w|Cosplay|cosplaying}} as {{w|Reynard the Fox}}, an anthropomorphic fox character from medieval European literature. Reynard was known for using deception to achieve his goals; in this case, it appears that he is pretending to be the Pope so that birds will trust him. This would be effective because the story was set in a society dominated by Catholicism. He is attracting the birds with seeds; the real Reynard would most likely proceed to kill and eat the birds. |
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==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
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[[Category:Science]] | [[Category:Science]] | ||
[[Category:Psychology]] | [[Category:Psychology]] | ||
+ | [[Category:Furries]] |