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bow wave

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bow wave
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Recounting the original animal-metacognition experiment with Natua the dolphin, Smith said: "When uncertain, the dolphin clearly hesitated and wavered between his two possible responses, but when certain, he swam toward his chosen response so fast that his bow wave would soak the researchers' electronic switches.
As those get pumped through the system, of course, we need to stay ahead of that bow wave and make sure that the network or the hardware is not a limiting factor on the training that we can provide," says Molendyke.
It has come about not only because the jumps has enjoyed a surge in significance and engagement with the public, but also because the Flat seems suddenly strangely becalmed, not going backwards but dead in the water with no bow wave discernible at the prow.
 
 
 
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