Човекът и делфинът: Изследване

by John C. Lilly, Джон Лили, Никола Милев (Translator)

"Човекът и делфинът" е един забележителен доклад за работата на професор Джон Лили, документиран и написан на език, който е неспециалистът ще разбере. Това е една изключителна книга не само в обясненията и изводите, че човешкият род ще успее да влезе във връзка с други видове, но и с предположението, че някои животни могат да бъдат умствено също така високоразвити, както и човекът.

Genres: Science, Nonfiction, Animals, Biology

216 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1961

About the author

John Cunningham Lilly was an American physician, neuroscientist, psychoanalyst, psychonaut, philosopher, writer and inventor.

He was a researcher of the nature of consciousness using mainly isolation tanks, dolphin communication, and psychedelic drugs, sometimes in combination.

Reviews

[Allyson Shaw]

I couldn't actually finish this book as it horrified me. It is a vivisectionist's tale. It heartens me that perhaps times are changing for Dolphins kept in captivity, and one day, if not now, this book will be seen as a document of atrocities rather than anything scientific.

[Dawn · Rating 3 out of 5]

An interesting if outdated scientific exploration of animal-human communication. But like the ape studies, this spends too much time trying to explain how animals should speak human words, rather than analyzing what they might do naturally. Lilly's studies included humans in tanks attempting to speak to dolphins, and dolphins socially isolated from each other, as far as I remember, until they spoke to humans. Along with Lilly's comparisons of the time period (feeble-minded children, he insists, are stupider than dolphins, but so are more intelligent humans) -- here, Lilly's scientific analysis probably matched any eugenics of his time. Interesting reading but not neccessarily for reasons the author meant. I was also interested that there is a script for a film (abandoned) on Internet Archive.

[Candess Campbell · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was an incredible book that I read when I was an adolescent. I look back sometimes and wonder what kind of child would read a book like this, but later when I was at a Doreen Virtue workshop to become an Angel Therapist ® and swimming in the Pacific Ocean with 40 spinner dolphins, I clearly understood that when I was young, I was being activated to the energy and in communion with the dolphins. Now, I am blessed with Dolphin Medicine.

I highly recommend any of John C. Lilly's work!

[Grant · Rating 5 out of 5]

Fantastic insights about the relationship of intelligence between species. Recommended for anyone who is trying to get an outside perspective on how intelligence is measured.

[Alex Linschoten · Rating 3 out of 5]

Dated, but influential in its day. This book explores the early science (and speculation) around interspecies communication.

[Lauren Pumpkin · Rating 2 out of 5]

The book has fascinating insights into dolphin intelligence. A great distinction between "intellect" and "intellectual capacity" (most humans clearly lack the former if you look at what they do to the Earth).

What gets me though is the cruelty. social views of Vivisection have evolved over time but these experiments do not age gracefully into our current social construct. I recall in his future book on LSD experiences that he acknowledges this to some degree... However it is hard to condone the cost to the intelligent dolphin individuals who yielded these findings for Dr. Lily.