Today I heard new proofs about the level of intelligence at pigs. I knew they were like 3 years old (or young?) kids and it means for me something they can recognize something and some basics reflexes, but not too clear.
However, they know. It is impossible to hide the moment when they are sent to butcher. We just don't care or don't want to admit. I just hope we will not meet another race who would consider us a fresh meat.
But this is another story.
Now, I just found out that the pigs are able to play video games, arcade type, recognize patterns and act in consequence, but also they could adapt to new situations.
Wow!
"Researchers from Purdue University in Indiana said they were able to train four pigs to carry out a "joystick operated video game task" to get treats.
The pigs' success rate in the task was described by researchers as "remarkable, and indicative of their behavioral and cognitive flexibility."
The animals -- a pair of two-year-old Panepinto micro pigs and two three-month-old Yorkshire pigs -- were trained to manipulate a joystick in order to control a cursor on a computer monitor, researchers said in a study published Thursday.
That cursor could be used to hit three targets -- of varying difficulty -- on the screen. When the target was hit, an automatic pellet dispenser released the food."
The results were published in the journal Frontiers in Psychology.
Would you imagine a play few weekends with a pig some video games and after that, in a morning, you are inviting it to meet your knife. Could you? I don't.
But this kind of feelings have also the cows and other domestic animals we raise for meat. Not a surprise if more and more people are quitting eat animals.
Let's get now to the subject
I'm feeling now like a pig. Even less. We both have the same knowledge in crypto, but I'm starting to learn. I recently read another material about how a monkey defeated a professional trader in picking stocks, so it's choices were better than the trader's.
You can read the article here.
What is this meaning? Well, from a point of view, even you are blind or with zero knowledge in crypto, you could be lucky and pick a winner for your portfolio. Maybe on long term is easier to have a positive balance if you make your picks from top 50 projects.
But then what is the role of learning? Why should someone need to spend many hours for getting the notions of trading, crypto terms, historical data, etc?
Maybe is about what you want to do: if you just want to invest on long term, grab a monkey and let it pick for you some projects besides Bitcoin and Ethereum, of course.
For medium day trading by Technical Analysis, maybe a pig could be more useful, because they are proven pattern readers.
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But when is about news and acting fast for getting advantage about a new hype, like projects on DeFi, or NFT, or even more detailed - DeFi projects on Binance Smart Chain or Ethereum Layer 2, you need to be yourself at the joystick.
It's only you who could act fast and be in the early adopters of a new project. This is the difference in winning on short term opportunities. I am trying to be here. I'm working on it.
Peace!
P.S. Like I told you, I am a beginner. So, if you have useful sources where should I look into for learning about general crypto market, but also for some sort of good projects to invest, I will be glad to find out about it! And, of course, I will share my thoughts with you.
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