
My response: Well, I think that scolding the ape afterwards is much less effective than a little education on the front end. They should teach the apes that it's okay to pull the fire alarm, so long as there is actually a fire. Boy will those researchers feel stupid if a fire comes in the night, and when they get there in the morning they find this charred ape carcass right by the alarm, but its poor ape fingers couldn't lift the cover to call the firefighters.
Education is the key here. Unlike stupid robots, apes can be taught these things.
Good point Matt. We've all heard the adage of "don't crying 'fire' in a crowed theatre." But what if the theatre really was on fire? and we also know the other old adage "monkey see monkey do". Maybe they should have found the scientist that was teaching her this and scold him/her.
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