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    From the files of, 'you can't make this stuff up'

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    Pigeons ... as Trainable Observers of Pathology and Radiology Breast Cancer Images
     
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    Great stuff and not too surprising. During WWII, Skinner was experimenting with pigeon-guided rockets by reinforcing birds to peck at targets on a screen. His experiments were successful but the government cut funding when technology caught up and made further development unnecessary.
     
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