Well, he's...he's, ah...probably pining for the fjords.
from andros_rex@lemmy.world to science_memes@mander.xyz on 20 May 04:19
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cybervseas@lemmy.world on 20 May 04:41 next collapse

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

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

CrazyLikeGollum@lemmy.world on 20 May 05:14 next collapse

More importantly what would a dead salmon know about people?

espentan@lemmy.world on 20 May 07:11 next collapse

Dead, alive… salmon are wise beyond their state. Maybe it knew who killed it?

andros_rex@lemmy.world on 20 May 10:36 collapse
ryedaft@sh.itjust.works on 20 May 06:39 next collapse

According to the fMRI the salmon knew. Draw your own conclusions. Or read the other comments for help.

Mothra@mander.xyz on 20 May 08:53 collapse

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.

Whelks_chance@lemmy.world on 20 May 09:39 collapse

Excellent use of the word “proves”

Mothra@mander.xyz on 20 May 10:25 collapse

…why?

rmuk@feddit.uk on 20 May 14:46 collapse

Did you know…?

Mothra@mander.xyz on 21 May 02:16 collapse

No I didn’t know

TuEstUnePommeDeTerre@lemmy.blahaj.zone on 20 May 04:45 next collapse

was not alive at the time of scanning.

Ozymandias1688@feddit.org on 20 May 05:37 next collapse

That is a legendary paper. First-class trolling.

logicbomb@lemmy.world on 20 May 05:39 next collapse

How to turn your dinner into a business expense

sleep_deprived@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 20 May 05:48 next collapse

For those curious, I found this source: prefrontal.org/files/…/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.

LeFrog@discuss.tchncs.de on 20 May 18:03 collapse

That was an explanation even I understood. Thank you very much

Bronstein_Tardigrade@lemmygrad.ml on 20 May 06:34 next collapse

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

Zorsith@lemmy.blahaj.zone on 20 May 13:34 next collapse

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

ArsonButCute@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 20 May 16:08 next collapse

I can’t think about Slartibartfast without thinking of Slutty Fart Blasts, dammit dyslexia and too much porn

Trainguyrom@reddthat.com on 21 May 18:58 collapse

Time is relative, lunch time doubley so

uservoid1@lemmy.world on 20 May 19:27 next collapse

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

General_Effort@lemmy.world on 21 May 18:48 collapse

That won an Ig Nobel, IIRC.