Technology · The Strange Case
The Missile Guided by Pigeons
During the Second World War, the psychologist B. F. Skinner trained pigeons to steer bombs by pecking at a target on a screen. It worked surprisingly well. Nobody took it seriously.
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Technology · The Strange Case
The Missile Guided by Pigeons
During the Second World War, the psychologist B. F. Skinner trained pigeons to steer bombs by pecking at a target on a screen. It worked surprisingly well. Nobody took it seriously.
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