She asked me one day to tell her what faults she had, as fault spoil people. This struck me, showing me how much she thinks things out. We have had more talks and she has been trying hard to think of what pleases others before what pleases herself and to be nice to people even when she thinks they are not nice to her. She comes to me whenever anything upsets her and we have it out along these lines.

–Rosemary

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In terms of personality, I feel like I'm drawn to others with low #conscientiousness despite my opinion that it's morally gauche by society to feel that way. I like #risktakers and #relaxed people. I hate people 'tsk'ing me for being late or messy. #fuckthepolice

The ability to recognize its own image in a #mirror is a famous test to explore #conscientiousness in animals. It is still a contentious issue among biologists and psychologists, and there is a vivid debate about the existence of such advance cognitive skills in #fish. A new paper respond to previous methodological criticisms. #science #biology #cognition #animalbehaviour #wrasse #mirrortest #selfrecognition
📄 Kohda et al (2022) PLoS Biology 20:e3001529 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3001529