# NBC: Two rats, thousands of miles apart, cooperate telepathically via brain implant **URL:** \ **Category:** Science and Technology\ **Created:** [February 28, 2013, 4:36pm UTC](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/t/nbc-two-rats-thousands-of-miles-apart-cooperate-telepathically-via-brain-implant/2664 "2013-02-28T16:36:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![bigandrewm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bbe5ce/32.png) [@bigandrewm](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/u/bigandrewm)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2013, 4:36pm UTC](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/t/nbc-two-rats-thousands-of-miles-apart-cooperate-telepathically-via-brain-implant/2664/1 "2013-02-28T16:36:48Z")
Many thanks to the writers at NBC news for taking a potentially cool technical achievement and completely blowing the writing: > **[Science: Space, Environment & Trends - NBC News](https://www.nbcnews.com/science?threadId=3675800&%3BcommentId=74500710)** > > Find the latest science news articles, photos and videos covering space, the environment, human development and more on NBCNews.com. No, this is _NOT_ telepathy. Electropathy, maybe, if that’s even a word. Hoorah for bad science reporting! ---
**Author:** ![dougsmith](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.centerforinquiry.org/dougsmith/32/61_2.png) [@dougsmith](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/u/dougsmith)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2013, 5:59pm UTC](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/t/nbc-two-rats-thousands-of-miles-apart-cooperate-telepathically-via-brain-implant/2664/2 "2013-02-28T17:59:51Z")
Ugh. 8-/ ---
**Author:** ![hazelnut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/bbce88/32.png) [@hazelnut](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/u/hazelnut)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2013, 3:43am UTC](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/t/nbc-two-rats-thousands-of-miles-apart-cooperate-telepathically-via-brain-implant/2664/3 "2013-03-01T03:43:16Z")
Agreed, ridiculous reporting. I hope the scientists who performed the tests have elaborated that this is not telepathy. ---
**Author:** ![yosemitesam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/7feea3/32.png) [@yosemitesam](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/u/yosemitesam)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2013, 5:22am UTC](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/t/nbc-two-rats-thousands-of-miles-apart-cooperate-telepathically-via-brain-implant/2664/4 "2013-03-01T05:22:32Z")
sounds like something like a telephone ---
**Author:** ![coldhearttucker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@coldhearttucker](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/u/coldhearttucker)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2013, 10:36pm UTC](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/t/nbc-two-rats-thousands-of-miles-apart-cooperate-telepathically-via-brain-implant/2664/5 "2013-03-02T22:36:12Z")
So, do you guys write angry letters to Hanna-Barbera because Fred Flintstone likes brontosaurus burgers, even though there was no such animal? Its a headline, its job is to catch a person’s attention in as few words as possible. Using the word “telepathy” does that, and given that most people think of computers as mysterious black boxes, trying to communicate the story to them in as precise language as humanly possible isn’t going to do anything but turn them off. ---
**Author:** ![bigandrewm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bbe5ce/32.png) [@bigandrewm](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/u/bigandrewm)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2013, 10:37pm UTC](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/t/nbc-two-rats-thousands-of-miles-apart-cooperate-telepathically-via-brain-implant/2664/6 "2013-03-02T22:37:35Z")
Fred Flintstone is not NBC News. ---
**Author:** ![coldhearttucker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@coldhearttucker](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/u/coldhearttucker)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2013, 10:43pm UTC](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/t/nbc-two-rats-thousands-of-miles-apart-cooperate-telepathically-via-brain-implant/2664/7 "2013-03-02T22:43:05Z")
NBC News isn’t Nature, or any other scientific journal. They make their money off of ratings numbers, **not** delivering 100% accurate information. ---
**Author:** ![bigandrewm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bbe5ce/32.png) [@bigandrewm](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/u/bigandrewm)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2013, 10:51pm UTC](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/t/nbc-two-rats-thousands-of-miles-apart-cooperate-telepathically-via-brain-implant/2664/8 "2013-03-02T22:51:18Z")
NBC News claims to adhere to good journalistic standards. ---
**Author:** ![coldhearttucker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@coldhearttucker](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/u/coldhearttucker)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2013, 11:10pm UTC](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/t/nbc-two-rats-thousands-of-miles-apart-cooperate-telepathically-via-brain-implant/2664/9 "2013-03-02T23:10:26Z")
So does Fox News, what’s your point? ---
**Author:** ![yosemitesam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/7feea3/32.png) [@yosemitesam](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/u/yosemitesam)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2013, 3:13pm UTC](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/t/nbc-two-rats-thousands-of-miles-apart-cooperate-telepathically-via-brain-implant/2664/10 "2013-03-03T15:13:43Z")
> So does Fox News, what's your point? :lol: :lol: :lol: