Here’s a new one:
**A man does something that no one had ever done before. As a small part of what he does, the man tells us indirectly that we should all be moral.
Though he is mostly forgotten, this man’s experiment was extraordinarily successful. Indeed, if you are reading this, the ramifications from his experiment have almost surely been a part of your life. The doves probably wouldn’t really fly today, however.
What did the man do? **
About the thing the man did that nobody did before:
Did it involve doves?
Was it done to doves?
Was it done using doves?
Does “doves” refer to white pigeon-like birds?
Has the man’s experiment been forgotten?
Is his experiment the thing that had never been done before?
Did his experiment prove a hypothesis?
Did his experiment disprove a hypothesis?
Assuming either of the previous answers is “yes”, was the hypothesis widely regarded as being true before the experiment?
About the thing that had never been done before:
Had it ever before occurred to anyone to do it?
Did anyone before this man have the capability to do it?
Did anyone before this man have the opportunity to do it?
About the thing the man did that nobody did before:
Did it involve doves? **Yes **
Was it done to doves? **No **
Was it done using doves? **Yes **
Does “doves” refer to white pigeon-like birds? **Yes **
Has the man’s experiment been forgotten? **No **
Is his experiment the thing that had never been done before? **Yes **
Did his experiment prove a hypothesis? **No **
Did his experiment disprove a hypothesis? **No **
Assuming either of the previous answers is “yes”, was the hypothesis widely regarded as being true before the experiment? **NA **
About the thing that had never been done before:
Had it ever before occurred to anyone to do it? **Don’t know **
Did anyone before this man have the capability to do it? **Yes **
Did anyone before this man have the opportunity to do it? **Yes **
Would non-white pigeons have worked as well for the man’s purposes?
Did the choice of doves have any symbolic significance?
Did the doves carry a message from one place to another?
Was the experiment performed in the 20th century?
Was the experiment performed in the 21st century?
Could the experiment have been performed in a century prior to the one in which it was actually performed?
Did the man deliberately set out to perform the experiment?
*Reply to **Chronos ***
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Would non-white pigeons have worked as well for the man’s purposes? **Yes **
Did the choice of doves have any symbolic significance? **No **
Did the doves carry a message from one place to another? **No **
Was the experiment performed in the 20th century? **Yes **
Was the experiment performed in the 21st century? **No **
Could the experiment have been performed in a century prior to the one in which it was actually performed? **Yes **
Did the man deliberately set out to perform the experiment? **Yes **
Did the doves carry anything?
Did this have anything to do with war?
*reply to **Mahaloth ***
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Did the doves carry anything? **No **
Did this have anything to do with war? **No **
Could the experiment have used animals other than birds?
Did the experiment lead to advances in:
*reply to **Peter Morris ***
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Could the experiment have used animals other than birds? **Yes **
Did the experiment lead to advances in:
Was the visibility of the doves in flight an important factor?
Did this experiment involve measuring distances?
Did this experiment involve measuring speed and/or acceleration?
Is the reason the doves wouldn’t fly today because they’re dead?
Did this occur at the same time as another noteworthy event?
*reply to **Knowed Out ***
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Was the visibility of the doves in flight an important factor? **No **
Did this experiment involve measuring distances? **No **
Did this experiment involve measuring speed and/or acceleration? **No **
Is the reason the doves wouldn’t fly today because they’re dead? **No **
Did this occur at the same time as another noteworthy event? **No **
Could the experiment have been done with non-flying animals?
Could the experiment have been done with animals not capable of any sort of locomotion?
Was the experiment relevant to psychology?
reply to Chronos
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Could the experiment have been done with non-flying animals? **Yes **
Could the experiment have been done with animals not capable of any sort of locomotion? **Yes **
Was the experiment relevant to psychology? **No **
Did he rescue the doves from some dire situation?
Is there a photo or some kind of commemorative image of this incident?
Did this become an internet meme?
Did the experiment require the use of animals at all?
Was the experiment relevant to any established field of science?
Would the man be typically described as a scientist?
Did the experiment lead to medical advances?
Were the doves alive before the experiment?
Were the doves alive immediately after the experiment?
Did some die and some survive?
Is there a RFC about this?
*reply to **Knowed Out ***
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Did he rescue the doves from some dire situation? **No **
Is there a photo or some kind of commemorative image of this incident? **Yes **
Did this become an internet meme? **No **
*reply to **Chronos ***
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Did the experiment require the use of animals at all? **No **
Was the experiment relevant to any established field of science? **No **
Would the man be typically described as a scientist? **No **
*reply to **Peter Morris ***
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Did the experiment lead to medical advances? **No **
Were the doves alive before the experiment? **No **
Were the doves alive immediately after the experiment? **No **
Did some die and some survive? **No **