The Horsey History of Clever Hans

Описание: You've almost certainly heard the story of Clever Hans, the horse who, in the early 1900s, amazed Europe with his apparent ability to count, perform mathematical calculations, and demonstrate other even more impressive feats of intellect. You've probably also heard that it was eventually discovered that these abilities were found to be nothing more than the horse reacting to unconscious cues given by the people testing him, a phenomenon that today we call the Clever Hans Effect. But you may not know just how deep was his impact upon the use of experimental controls and a variety of sciences including psychology and communication — even parapsychology. Today we're going to learn about the amazing life of this famous horse, and find out just how he came to be so influential, even more than a century later.
To learn about Hans, we must first learn about his owner, Wilhelm von Osten, ... (Read the rest at https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4633?ut...)