{"id":56520,"date":"2017-08-15T22:48:35","date_gmt":"2017-08-15T22:48:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/zenpundit.com\/?p=56520"},"modified":"2017-08-15T22:48:35","modified_gmt":"2017-08-15T22:48:35","slug":"rock-paper-scissors-lizards-geese","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zenpundit.com\/?p=56520","title":{"rendered":"Rock paper scissors lizards geese"},"content":{"rendered":"

[ by Charles Cameron<\/strong> — oh, and children and chimps, and a stunning woman-song by Nina Paley, too ]
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Bill Benzon<\/strong> just posted a piece titled Chimps can learn rock-paper-scissors (sorta’)<\/a> on his New Savann<\/strong>a blog, introducing and questioning a paper on chimps, (human) children and RPS<\/a> — fascinating!<\/p>\n

Bill’s final paragaph, describing the common side-blotched lizard<\/strong> [!!]. caught me<\/p>\n

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The lower panel features an illustration from Konrad Lorenz, Paul Leyhausen<\/strong>, Motivation of human and animal behavior: an ethological view<\/a> — showing geese whose pecking order follows the same “transverse patterning” as the female lizards do in their choosing of male mates..<\/p>\n

Threeness, in my view, is a significant matter.<\/p>\n

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Earlier threeness readings:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  • Of games III: Rock, Paper, Tank<\/a>\n
  • Spectacularly non-obvious, I: Elkus on strategy & games<\/a>\n
  • Spectacularly non-obvious, 2: threeness games<\/a><\/li>\n<\/blockquote>\n

    **<\/p>\n

    Ahoy!<\/p>\n

    Bill Benzon also posted Nina Paley’s God-Mother, a new animation<\/a> today. Nina P was the one who, single-handed and beyond almost all copyright, brought us the stunning, feature-length, https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=RzTg7YXuy34 [!!] animation of the Ramayana<\/strong>, Sita Sings the Blues<\/a>.<\/p>\n

    Here you go, woman \/ ouroboros<\/strong>, from the intro to Nina’s next feature:<\/p>\n