JoshuaZ comments on Open Thread: May 2010 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: JoshuaZ 03 May 2010 07:03:04PM *  2 points [-]

I'm not aware of any journal articles for overcorrection and a quick Google search doesn't turn any up. I'll go bug my ornithology friends. In the meantime, here's a BBC article that discusses the matter: http://web.archive.org/web/20060519061120/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/3430481.stm . They give the example of N'kisis using "flied" for the past tense of "fly" rather than "flew."

Edit: Fixed link. Edit: Link's accuracy is questionable. See Mass Driver's remarks below.

Comment author: Mass_Driver 04 May 2010 04:14:32AM 1 point [-]

The link seems to be dead or misspelled.

Comment author: JoshuaZ 04 May 2010 04:26:48AM *  1 point [-]

Misspelled. Edited for correct link.

Comment author: Mass_Driver 04 May 2010 05:12:39AM 1 point [-]

The BBC appears to have at least partially withdrawn their article about the parrot in question:

Note: This story about animal communication has replaced an earlier one on this page which contained factual inaccuracies we were unable to correct. As a result, the original story is no longer in our archive. It is still visible elsewhere, via the link below: 'Parrot oratory stuns scientists'

New BBC News Article

Comment author: thomblake 04 May 2010 01:40:34PM 3 points [-]

skeptic article about the parrot

Comment author: JoshuaZ 04 May 2010 05:17:26AM 1 point [-]

Hmm, that's very interesting. I think I've seen the overcorrection claim before but then definitely don't have anything resembling a good citation.

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