Joseph Augusta wrote:

>[ The "Inside the Animal Mind" first episode has ] already been on TV here
>on >the East Coast--and it does well in presenting both sides of the
>argument on >animal intelligence--so viewers are left to make their own
>decision.

   Yes, the first episode appeared here on the West Coast last Thursday, as
well, with the next two episodes appearing this Thursday and a week later.

   Joseph was quite correct.  Each time an exotic hypothesis was aired, the
program had an expert in the field who could provide counter
interpretation.  In that sense, this series has succeeded in the scientific
realm so far.

                                                        Adrian

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*     "...it is lamentable how each man draws his own different conclusions
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*          Charles Darwin, in a letter to Alfred Russel Wallace on 1 May
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