# Scientist teach pigs how to play video games......will flying be far behind? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 15, 2021, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scientist-teach-pigs-how-to-play-video-games-will-flying-be-far-behind/932916 "2021-02-15T01:51:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2021, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scientist-teach-pigs-how-to-play-video-games-will-flying-be-far-behind/932916/1 "2021-02-15T01:51:12Z")
read this article recently about a set of pigs being taught how to play a homemade video game but there vague on a few details as it sounds like the game wasn’t much … [https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/scientists-have-successfully-taught-pigs-to-play-video-games/ar-BB1dDWKb](https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/scientists-have-successfully-taught-pigs-to-play-video-games/ar-BB1dDWKb) My question is since it seems the pigs don’t get addicted to them…could it help break ours? And how much longer until they play ms flight simulator and learn to fly? 😁 ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2021, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scientist-teach-pigs-how-to-play-video-games-will-flying-be-far-behind/932916/2 "2021-02-15T02:03:55Z")
We are safe, they do not have thumbs. ---
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2021, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scientist-teach-pigs-how-to-play-video-games-will-flying-be-far-behind/932916/3 "2021-02-15T02:25:42Z")
> [@nightshadea](#): > > learn to fly? I keep waiting… ---
**Author:** ![blabbermeister](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e9a140/32.png) [@blabbermeister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blabbermeister)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2021, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scientist-teach-pigs-how-to-play-video-games-will-flying-be-far-behind/932916/4 "2021-02-15T02:44:31Z")
> [@nightshadea](#): > > Scientists have successfully taught pigs to play video games Pigs have successfully manipulated scientists into buying them video games ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2021, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scientist-teach-pigs-how-to-play-video-games-will-flying-be-far-behind/932916/5 "2021-02-15T06:19:56Z")
> [@nightshadea](#): > > My question is since it seems the pigs don’t get addicted to them…could it help break ours? And how much longer until they play ms flight simulator and learn to fly? 😁 My guess is they follow the example of the dogs and first [learn to drive a car](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BWAK0J8Uhzk). ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2021, 7:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scientist-teach-pigs-how-to-play-video-games-will-flying-be-far-behind/932916/6 "2021-02-15T07:02:06Z")
I find this very porkuliar.