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Did you know that in the movie “Argo“, Ben Affleck played Tony Mendez?

In real life, Mendez was a master of disguise during his career in the CIA. I just wonder what stories he can't tell because those stories have got to be another blockbuster movie or two!

#Wickedwhispers
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks
@Eggs

Less fun to read than other animal books I‘ve read before but nonetheless a fascinating read!

The premise of this book is great, recent research leads to the conclusion that everything we thought we knew about animals should be reexamined in a different light.
We might not be intelligent enough to understand how intelligent animals are.
Animal cognition is fascinating and different and we should not try to assess how smart animals are by using the same tools and mechanisms by which we judge human cognition.

#middlegrademonday
@Karisimo

FLOWERS FOR ALGERNON

I remember reading this heart-wrenching story about Charlie Gordon with my 8th graders. It was first published as a short story and then a novel and then made into a movie. There was never a dry eye in the room after finishing this one. 😢

This book rips your heart out! Again and again, and again. I realised as I was reading it that I had read it before, but it must have been when I was a teenager I think. I couldn‘t remember most of it but it seemed familiar. Anyway brilliant book showcasing the best and worst of humanity. It was never going to end well. 😭

I had high hopes that this was going to be a fun and light read. Ding dong, I was wrong. Do you think you‘re superior to other members of the animal kingdom? Read this and wish you were someone‘s pet chicken. It didn‘t make me cry, but now I‘m more envious of Wednesday All-Kitty seen here.

It was nice to revisit it and read it again after so many years. I am happy to say that it feels even more relevant than ever before, still super easy to read and very thought-provoking. Highly recommended!

Check out our discussion about it on the Mind Duck Books podcast ep.72 : https://bit.ly/4ezhvSk

#karel #capek #robot #rur #artificial #inteligence #ai #large #language #model #gpt