How many monkeys would you use in an experiment?
(Experimental Psychology, Oxford)
Thursday, 16 October 2008
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Posted by wvbcnkdgo wikgd | 02.11.08, 07:57 GMT
Is the main purpose of this experiment to find something out about monkeys? Or, as usual, is it something to do with humans? If the second – why, the hell, use monkeys? Are we monkeys? NO. Then I wouldn’t use monkeys, I ‘d rather have humans.
Using animals in experiments is inhuman! Though I’d rather use humans. It’s cheaper. And Greenpeace doesn’t bother you.
Posted by susannah | 23.10.08, 18:18 GMT
None,I would rather use humans!
Posted by John | 17.10.08, 22:36 GMT
I only do experiments on animals that cant possibly fight back e.g hamsters, budgies etc . Its more fun that way.
Bwah ha ha ha ha!
Posted by mOREAU | 17.10.08, 13:57 GMT
An infinite number. that way, I'd get a free copy of Shakespeare's Complete Works.
Seriously, it depends on the experiment, whether monkeys were vital to the experiment, the importance of the experiment and whether monkeys would suffer unduly as a result of the experiment .
An experiment to see which monkey out of ten monkeys like chocolate the most, I would use ten monkeys.
Posted by Conall | 16.10.08, 23:07 GMT
None
Posted by David Hune | 16.10.08, 21:35 GMT
No idea, but it's good to know that the budget per experiment is at least five hundred quid!
Posted by Theo | 16.10.08, 21:15 GMT
In order for the experiment to be utterly conclusive I should need an infinite number of monkeys, and infinite time.
I am beginning to wonder how many monkeys it took to come up with these questions.
Posted by Mario Huet | 16.10.08, 21:09 GMT
All of them.
Posted by stacey Woods | 16.10.08, 20:44 GMT
I would use three monkeys in an experiment to find out if the primate could see, hear and speak no evil.
Observing all three with each of these three senses curtailed by degree might show to what degree the primate saw their human species and captors as perpetrators of harm.
Posted by G Tapper | 16.10.08, 19:30 GMT
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