In reply to Jed Rothwell's message of Sat, 17 Dec 2016 16:22:10 -0500: Hi, [snip] >Perhaps there is something about a reflection that throws off their >perception. Even cats attack themselves in the mirror, and they are a lot >smarter than birds.
I think it's the fact that they have never seen themselves, hence don't recognize the image in the mirror. OTOH they have grown up with their family, and can easily distinguish them from outsiders. Even young humans only catch on that they are looking at a reflection when they notice that it mimics all their actions. BTW this is a reasonable Turing test for AI's. Regards, Robin van Spaandonk http://rvanspaa.freehostia.com/project.html
