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Originally Posted by alextsakiris  I seem to recall reading that Sheldrake used two independent observers to view and rate the video tapes. He then compared their evaluations of whether the dog was 'anticipating'. He found their assessments to be very similar.
Regarding your point about contaminating the observation by ending with the owner coming home (BTW this is a very interesting point I've never heard anyone mention), this can be easily overcome by dividing the tape into sections that are independently analyzed. Reviewers would, for example, rate a 10 minute segment of video without knowing whether it would end with the owner coming home.
The other problem of seeing more anticipating behavior as time goes on can be easily overcome by varying the length of the trips. This criticism was made by Susan Blackmore. But she must have not dug into the research very thoroughly as it was addressed by Shledrake in his trials. |
Wouldn't be the first time she's done that.