Talk:Clever Hans

New York Times

"Hans's abilities appeared on page six of the New York Times." Mr Ed appeared in the entertainment section of the Boston Globe and the Melbourne Age. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 58.105.64.124 (talk) 22:49, 27 December 2009 (UTC)

Talking

Heh, sounds like the proverbial "talking" fairground horse; one tap for "yes", two taps for "no". (unsigned)

Altes Rathaus

As I see it, for example, "Altes Rathaus" in Leipzig means a certain building, while "altes Rathaus" would be generic for any old city hall. See

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Carrionluggage 23:49, 7 January 2006 (UTC)

training your dog on how to read minds

Psychophysiological Thought Reading describes a book - H.J. Burlingame's "How To Read People's Minds" - 'There is also a fascinating section on training your dog on how to read minds.'

Babies

Even a babe-in-arms will stop crying if you pick it up, but start again if you lean on a wall. Even if you try to stand very still, the baby is aware of your involuntary balancing movements. (It's kind of relevant - should it be added ?) --195.137.93.171 05:01, 20 August 2007 (UTC)

Dave the Math Dog

This article needs some slight editing, at this point:

On January 30, 2009, 'Dave the Math Dog' was featured on NBC Nightly News, who demonstrated that he could solve math problems by the tapping of his paws. Dave demonstrated these abilities in front of schoolchildren, giving them hope that the abilities of Clever Hans would someday soon be rectified. Military officer Günther von Kluge was nicknamed Der Kluge Hans ("Clever Hans") in admiration of his brilliance. Von Kluge went on to become one of the most able Field-Marshals of the Third Reich.

The bolded sentence makes no sense, and the italicized sentence seems out of place. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.63.176.49 (talk) 23:16, 31 January 2009 (UTC)

'Gymnasium teacher'

Hans was a horse owned by Wilhelm von Osten, who was a gymnasium mathematics teacher ...

I wonder whether gymnasium teacher makes sense to most English-speaking readers, unless they know German. Norvo (talk) 23:56, 25 October 2015 (UTC)

It would if it were linked to the Gymnasium (school) article. Kelisi (talk) 03:25, 28 December 2015 (UTC)

Trivia

“When Pfungst (1911) demonstrated that the horses of Elberfeld, who were showing marvelous linguistic and mathematical ability, were merely reacting to movements of the trainer’s head, Mr. Krall (1911), their owner, met the criticism in the most direct manner. He asked the horses whether they could see such small movements and in answer they spelled out an emphatic ‘No.’ Unfortunately we cannot all be so sure that our questions are understood or obtain such clear answers.” See Lashley, K. S., “Persistent Problems in the Evolution of Mind” in Quarterly Review of Biology, v. 24, March, 1949, p. 28. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 192.33.227.98 (talk) 07:27, 10 September 2024 (UTC)

His name

Do we know whether he was named after Clever Hans (fairy tale)? Marnanel (talk) 13:35, 15 October 2024 (UTC)