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Published · transcript-backedDave Hone: evaluation
4 Sept 2025 Lex Fridman Podcast #480 – Dave Hone: T-Rex, Dinosaurs, Extinction, Evolution, and Jurassic Park
“Most things can’t do that, and animals probably don’t like being hit in the face or hit in the eyes with a rock at a range because, again, they’re not going to know how it’s happened or how to respond to this.”
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- Dave Hone
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- 4 Sept 2025
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- Lex Fridman Podcast
Transcript context
…Well, not moving might be a good strategy because it’s cautious, because it doesn’t understand what these… …Primates are. Yeah. But I think if it starts coming towards you… If you’re truly in the open, then you’re in real trouble and I’m not sure what you do. I mean, the one thing, the one advantage humans have over almost anything else on Earth, there’s a handful of exceptions, is we have range. I can pick up a rock and hurl it with reasonable accuracy. Most things can’t do that, and animals probably don’t like being hit in the face or hit in the eyes with a rock at a range because, again, they’re not going to know how it’s happened or how to respond to this. All they know is they’re taking damage. Yeah.…
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