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Empiricism is a theory that asserts that knowledge is derived from sense experience. The idea was introduced by John Locke, David Hume, and George Berkeley. However, the assertion failed to examine the origin, creation, and evolution of information. It failed to acknowledge that Nature is the Mother of Information, everything we sense or experience originates from our environment, knowledge is a train of information, and no two beings experience the same sensory perceptions. Due to these failures, a new school of thought known as Originemology was conceptualized by Joey Lawsin. His thesis on the comparative behavioral and cognitive study of how dogs of different breeds acquire information is partially presented in this article. A Malamute and a Chihuahua were used as lab rats in this study dubbed The Bowlingual Experiment.

The Subject:

Zero is the hero of this experiment. He is a marvelous, handsome, intelligent, funny, spoiled four-footed baby of mine. He is a great giant Alaskan Malamute - a domesticated dog usually associated with arctic sled dogs. He was chosen among other dogs because he can learn things quickly. He has the brain, strength, speed, and curiosity that make him the best candidate as a specimen. His face has black mask-like facial markings that can be usually seen on a raccoon's face. His eyes are brown. His ears are erect and triangular. He has a grayish-white wooly thick coat which I love to bear hug and a black curled bushy tail that wags always in the air signaling a welcoming smile. He loves to run here, there, and everywhere chasing after squirrels, raccoons, and birds. He plays fetch the ball, tug of war, hides and seeks, running around the house, and even pillow wrestling with me. However, with all of these childish/ doggish interactions, I realized something was missing between me and zero - Communication. This realization sparked the beginning of a study known as Information Codexation or the Malamute-Chihuahua Codexation, research designed to investigate how Zero can express his abstract ideas objectively physically, or materially and translate them to human language using a simple Arduino microcomputer program that I developed with a codexname B2W, an acronym for Barks to Words.

The Objective:

The specific purpose of the experiment is to find solutions to the following research questions:

i. How is information acquired by an organism?
ii. Where does the information come from?
iii. How is the acquisition of information being stored piece by piece?
iv. Can Zero express what is in his mind without learning the meaning of letters and numbers?
v. Can Zero transfer his knowledge to another breed like a chihuahua?
vi. How does Zero transfer his abstract ideas to physical reality?
vii. What type of information does his brain possess? Symbols? Mechanical? Signals?
vii. Alpha Dominance, Territorial Markings, and Born Aggressiveness were allegedly thought to be instinctive behaviors, is this claim true? Is instinct natural or an acquired behavior?

The Experiment:

A supervised controlled environment named the Cube, the Box, or the Crib is set up from the very beginning when Zero was a puppy. The purpose of the box is to restrict the flow of information inside the box. People, animals, objects, and sounds are prohibited from coming near the cube. During the duration of this experiment, bits of information are introduced piece by piece to Zero. When he reaches his adult stage, a new breed of dog is introduced in the cube. The purpose of the twosome is to determine how information is transferred from one species to another species and what type of information dogs use to communicate; alphabetical, numerical, or otherwise?



Before we discuss a portion of the experiment, let us first examine what is communication. If we say something to a person and this person doesn't respond back, then communication here is not present. This is one-way communication. However, when the person nods or verbalizes back, then the interaction becomes a two-way communication. The same thing with dogs. If you tell your dog “down” and he still sitting still, then communication is not present. But, when you tell your dog “down” and he obediently lies down - smile and pat yourself on the back- communication is taking place. Thus, in communication, there are always two important elements: an action-reaction, a cause-effect, a stimuli-response, or transmitter-receiver interactions. In between this dual-interaction, there is an essential entity that connects the two elements; information.

So what is information? Is it energy, a signal, a symbol, or merely a cue?

According to one of the principles of Codexation, the pieces of information in our minds are signals. They are abstract in nature. They get into our minds gradually piece by piece. They are not factual, physical, real, or something that you can hold or feel like solid objects. They are just spheres of energy. And the funny part, when you express them out via your senses, they come out again as abstract. This absoluteness is what I call the Zizo Effect: a natural law that states "what zips in must zip out".

To illustrate this rule, let us say at this moment you are thinking of an apple sitting on your palm. The mental idea of the apple remains an image since you are simply thinking about the fruit. The image will not flow from your mind to your hand and become real unless a physical apple is present. The apple stays abstract because the hand does not have any ability to create or produce a physical apple - a codexation dilemma. Something from the outside world, a physical apple, must be available to make the apple materially real. It's the same thing with your dog. When you tell your dog to sit, your dog doesn't have a single slight clue what the word sit means. Your dog doesn't even have the slightest idea, even an image picture of “sitting” in his mind. Your commands are all abstract to the dog. The words are nothing but high and low pitches without any meaning at all. They are ups and downs of energy moving in waves. They are like the dit and dat in Morse code - no words are spoken, but the codes are there to communicate. The words sit, dit, and codes are all cues.

A Cue is a trigger that makes something or someone react. It gets your attention. It actuates you. It moves you. This mechanism was discovered when I was telling Zero to stop munching my colorful kindergarten chair. A chair that he thinks might be my favorite toy just like his plastic balls. A chair that he uses as a lure. The cue that triggers me to respond to his action. When he tosses the chair, like wrestling it all over the place, moving it from the cemented patio to the wooden deck, he always creates this annoying noise. A cue that prompts me to get up from the couch, walk to the sliding door, and whistle a sharp shushing sound to make him stop. I thought before that this playful scene is just an ordinary dog game; just like how he plays his favorite squirrel doll, his soccer ball, and his squeaking plastic bones. But an "aha" moment came to me when I started comparing his behaviors when he is playing with his rug doll and when playing with the chair. I found out that the doll was more of a toy while the chair was more of a "language". A chair is a tool that Zero uses to communicate. Through this chair, he trained me to get up on the couch, slide the door open, and let him inside the house. A nice move from a smart dog. He uses the power of association, tag, or label to communicate, to get my attention, and to create a conversation. However, how did he figure out this technique? Who taught him this technique? Was it discovered or instinct? Remember too, Zero doesn't have any idea what conversation, communication, or information is, so what type of mental symbols or information does he have?

To answer these inquiries, I performed a simple test that might provide some clues. Zero has lots of toys. However, there are two special toys that he always loves to play with -- a squirrel rug doll and a colored wooden chair. He treats both of them differently. He loves to toss the doll into the air and catch it with his mouth.  Although he loves to munch on the chair,  he usually uses it to create a sound, a sound that calls my attention. The banging of the chair subconsciously switched me On to automatically respond and mechanically do something. The cue of noise gets me up off my feet from watching TV, slides the glass door, and shunts him from making the irritating sound. These events happen over and over again almost every day to the point that he uses this tool of communication if he wants to get inside the house. Zero is using some types of "reinforcement" to make things happen.

To investigate further, one day, as Zero was playing with his doll, I purposely appeared behind the glass door, opened it wide, and showed him my presence for a couple of minutes. Then I went back to watch TV and waited for him to go inside. But nothing happened. Then I decided to close the screen door and see what would happen next. After waiting for more than an hour, I heard the banging of the chair all over the wooden deck and onto the cemented pavement. I opened the door, zero dropped the chair and quickly ran inside the house. To Zero, banging the chair means I will mechanically get up off my feet, slide open the glass door, shunt him from making loud noises, and walk back to the couch. Once the door is open, Zero will simply walk inside the house.

However during the investigation,  Zero didn't know that every time he bangs the chair, I sneak up from my couch and observe him from the inside. His actions confirm my gut feeling that he is actually secretly glancing at the sliding door for me to show up every time he bangs the chair. However, if his expectation doesn't happen he will just bang the chair harder and harder until he gets my attention. This behavior just proves the validity of codexation.

Some of us usually ignore this lovely cuddly being because we label them as dogs, as animals, as low life-form. But I'm sorry to disagree, these dogs are just like us humans and humans are nothing more than dogs. We might be unique in physical appearances but all of us are close relatives in one way or the other. They may have four feet, but they are more skilled and more intelligent than we are as you will see later. They are loving, and caring, and most of all they are more than simply a dedicated friend. But the burden of understanding them is within us. And to do so, we need to put ourselves into their shoes - be a dog – An intelligent One.

Human beings are the funniest creatures on earth. We love to complicate our lives. We created a lot of words like apple, banana, orange, and many more. We create this word factory so that other humans will understand us. But do humans really need them? Yes, we do! But it is wrong to think that communication can only be done through words alone! Chimpanzees do not need this complex way of memorizing words to communicate. When a chimp wants an apple, all he needs to do is point to an apple. If he needs a banana, he does not need to memorize the word banana, store it in his memory bank, or say the word banana. Logically he simply points to the banana. This proves that communication is not only through speaking - it can also be through eye contact, touch, smell or simply waving an object.

The sense of touch is the first sensor to evolve and touching is the first form of communication discovered. Eventually, it evolves to pointing. Pointing can be done using your eyes, by rolling your eyeballs; your nose, your lips, and with your ears if you can wiggle them. Just kidding. Seriously, what I am saying here is that we can communicate using our five external senses: hands (touching), eyes (seeing), mouth (tasting), ears (hearing), and nose (smelling). Zero might be different, but he has all the senses that humans have. He might not say a word but he can talk to us using his other senses. Zero does it through body language. A wagging tail is a sign language for friendly behavior, a welcoming smile, or a warm relaxing hug.

Zero can ask for food anytime he needs it by using communication by association.  This technique can be developed by asking your dog to get anything you want by simply pointing to that object. Once he learns to get things by pointing, you are actually associating objects with his needs. If you associate a bell with "let me go out", then every time he picks it up you let your dog out. If you associate a plate with "give me food", then every time he picks up the plate give him some food. If you associate a soccer ball with "can we play", then when he picks up the ball be sure to play with him. Communication by association is actually called labeling.

 After a year, I decided to alter the way I communicate with Zero. Zero will teach me to understand what is in his mind by "visual talk" (VT). Every action he does, whether it is through "barking", body language, eye contact or simply picking up stuff, I will make it a point to understand what is in his thoughts. This will be a great challenge but I know I will learn something from him.

One good example of how Zero excites my thoughts is by playing with his favorite red soccer ball. We usually start the game at the center of the backyard. He will bring the ball under my legs as we hold it together. In a crouching position, I will count one to ten, jerk out the ball under my legs, and give it a mighty toss behind me. Zero will excitedly fetch the ball, run it back all the way to his goal (a makeshift bed with a heavy-duty futon mattress) and look at me as if he was saying "I win". After that, he will come back to me with the ball in his mouth and start all over again. One time during our play, I was tackled up into the air and fell down on my side. I just laughed at the incident as I was standing and brushing myself up as Zero looked at me with a laughing face. Now, Zero is 102 pounds and seven months old.


Another example of this VT is when every time I sit on the porch, Zero will come to me with a tennis ball in his mouth. I know he tells me to play with him. But this time, all I do is throw the ball. He picks it up and brings it back to my hand. After a couple of throws; he will just let the ball roll, sit in front of me, staring at me straight into my eyes, look at the area where I throw the ball, and then look back at me - as if he was telling me, "Ok it is now your turn to pick up the ball." I will get up off my feet, pick up the ball, and go back to the porch where Zero is already lying down on his back. Zero's body language tells me to scratch his belly and neck. And to confirm this gesture, as I say the command "scratch", he eventually brings his two feet together and acts out a scratching motion. At this moment, my hairy good friend created another good fun day with a well-designed bonding.

Sometimes playing with him gets out of hand. Remember the futon that I was telling you about; he grabbed it off the sofa, dragged it out all over the backyard, and ripped it like a devastating hurricane. ( you can see the mess below). Did I get mad? Nope! He is still a baby and I know he just wants to play. After all, he is forgiven since he always stays all day in the backyard without any playmates. However, one afternoon, my new sofa just arrived from the dealer. It was a three-section cushion with five-throw pillows. And this day was an exceptional time for Zero. I let him into the living room proudly showing him how elegant and comfy the sofa is. I even let him jump into it and let him feel its soft texture. Although it was so abrupt I can see from his eyes that he was happy since I gave him the chance to lie down on the couch. Btw, Zero is restricted from going to any rooms inside the house except the kitchen which is adjacent to both living rooms and perpendicular to the garage. After that quick moment, as I am taking him to the kitchen, the doorbell rings. My neighbor John came by excitedly telling me how he got the ranch in Texas. The conversation was so lengthy that I had forgotten Zero for a moment. When John left the house, I went back to the kitchen and Zero was lying down in his angelic position. I know from that body language that he did something wrong. And my hunch was correct, all the throw pillows were on the floor, two of them were out of their covers and stuffed pieces of cotton were all over the place. Did I get mad?

I was so "furious". I scolded him like a teenager and even swung his leash on his behind in a playful manner telling him I would spank him. I took his 30-foot-long chain and tied him under the tree. I implied through this chain that he was grounded. I went back to the room and cleaned up the mess. Through the sliding glass door, I can see Zero in his angelic position again with both front feet curved in under his breast. I knew at that time, he was really sorry. After a few minutes, I went out of the backyard and unleashed him without me saying a word or even touching his back. With his head and tail down, he walked behind me towards the deck. In the back of my mind, I wished that my girlfriend would have the same composure as Zero when we had arguments. As I was sitting on the step of the deck, Zero with his head down and tail wagging downward approached me like he was asking for forgiveness. I pushed him away once, twice, several times yet he insisted on being next to me. When our eyes met, I felt this burning sensation of joy, sincerity, and friendship deep inside my heart. This visual talk sparked me to grab him under my arms, hug him tight, and kiss him affectionately. From his gesture, I learned a very memorable lesson in life. Zero knew he made a mistake. Even though he was scolded, he was spanked and he was chained; Zero with his head down and his wagging tail down to the ground, slowly approached me without any words, without any confrontations, without any feelings of heartaches - surrendering his totality through a simple body language most probably saying - "I'm sorry Joey, can you just give me a hug - please."

The Bowlingual:

Zero is progressing in his vocabulary. He knows a lot of common commands now such as:
1. SIT for sitting down,
2. DOWN for lying down,
3. ASK for asking food,
4. PLATE for getting his food tray,
5. PLAY for playing ball,
6. BALL for fetching the ball,
7. BANG for playing dead,
8. SCRATCH for rubbing his tummy,
9. WAIT for stopping,
10. GO for do it,
11. GOOD BOY for behaving obediently,
12. NO for do not do that,
13. RUN for jogging with me,
14. GET for fetching things,
15. DROP for letting go of things in his mouth,
14. PICK for selecting which of my palms has food,
15. FIVE for shaking or high-five shakes,
16. IN for entering inside a tube,
17. UP for walking up an inclined plane,
18. JUMP for jumping over an obstacle course,
19. SPEAK for just saying anything,
20. SAY for repeating what we say,

On the other hand, I learned some of his vocabulary.
1. When he gets his plate, he tells me he needs food.
2. When he gets his ball, he tells me he wants to play.
3. When he drops the ball in front of me, he tells me to kick it.
4. When he rubs the floor, he tells us that he wants to be tickled.
5. When he stays beside the door, he tells me he wants to go outside.
6. When he stays sitting outside the door, he tells me "Let me in".
7. When he lies full-body down, he tells us "No”.
8. When he touches my leg with his paw, he tells me to give him food.
9. When he noses my hand, he tells me to massage my neck.
10. When he bows his head and drops his tail, he tells me he is sorry.
11. When he waves his tail up, he tells me "Hello"
12. When he gets his bone toy, he tells me he wants to go to the park.
13. When he sits next to a water cooler, he wants to drink.
14. When he sits next to me in the park, he wants to go home now.
15. When he starts to gallop, he tells me he wants to run with me.

This day is another interesting day. As I was brushing my teeth this morning, I saw Zero pooping in the backyard. To my surprise, when he was done, he started covering his mess using his nose as a scoop. And he was covering it by going around the poop, raking his nose, and using his feet. I know this is unusual because dogs usually use their hind legs. I can only speculate, that maybe he acquired this behavior from us. Because every time he finished pooping, we usually cover his droppings with garden soil. And if he acquired this type of behavior from us, then again I assure you this is not genetic. 

The Dualpair:

After studying how Zero acquires information from me and his surroundings, I step up one level higher experimenting just to prove if the principle behind Codexation and Originemology works. Furthermore, through this experiment, I will also prove that the missing link most evolutionists are looking for can be found in this concept of helical-portrayal I coined Mirror-Copying or The MC-Codexation.

The objective of the malamute-chihuahua experiment is to find out if Zero can transfer the information he learned from me to another dog of the same breed (malamute) and a dog of a different breed (chihuahua). The information he inlearned will be transferred through communication by association or labeling. Labeling is a part of inlearning where the abstract idea is transformed into a physical reality by the association in order that such an idea will be stored permanently in the brain.

A strict protocol must be observed here. The set-up must be in a controlled environment where the dogs are not allowed to intermingle with other dogs until the objective is met. Three main objects are used for communication by association. A ball will represent the wordplay, a plate for food, and a toy bone to take me out for a walk. No other objects at all will be present in the controlled environment.


The Bark to Word Codexator:

The iBowWow is a device that I invented for necessity. It is decoding - codexating equipment that analyzes the voice signatures of barking and wooing through the waveforms produced in an oscilloscope. Some of these voice signatures are presented in my Google+. The first two waveforms you'll find represent the word Peanut while the remaining two represent the word Zero. The complete procedures and conclusions of the MC-Codex Experiment can be found in my book "Originemology".


Facts about Alaskan Malamute:

There are many interesting facts you probably do not know about the Alaskan Malamutes. I have compiled some information about this funny, naughty, smart four-legged friend and am happy to share it with you. If you have something to share, funny, or otherwise, please email them to me and I will be very glad to post them here with your name.

Do you know how the Alaskan malamute got its name?

Maybe, the name of these arctic sled dogs was acquired from a native Eskimos Innuit tribe called the Mahlemuts। They were among the earliest settlers who lived near Kotzebue Sound on the northwest coast of Alaska. On the other hand, the name Malamute could originate also from a regional dialect of the Alaskan Inupiaq Eskimos. These Malamute-speaking tribes lived on the western coast of Alaska.

Do you know that Alaskan Malamute is a member of the Spitz breed?

The Alaskan Malamute is a member of the Spitz family of dogs। Also known as the northern dogs, their group includes the Akita, Chow Chow, Norwegian Elkhound, Finnish Spitz, Pomeranian, and Keeshond. "Spitz" is the kind of dog with a pointed muzzle, pointed ears, and a curled tail. The Alaskan malamute is the closest cousin of the Siberian husky, Labrador, Greenland Eskimo, and the Russian Samoyed.

Do you know that Alaskan malamutes are not part of the wolf family?

Although they do look like wolves in some ways, Alaskan malamutes are domesticated dogs just like ordinary household pets। However, because they bear a resemblance to wolves, a lot of people thought otherwise. The anatomical structures of a wolf are totally different from Malamutes।

Do you know that Alaskan malamutes are family-oriented?

For untold generations, Alaskan Malamutes were raised with the Eskimos, puppies, and kids on the floor together. It was told that little babies, crawling in among the puppies, nurse the malamute's mother's milk. Malamutes even take good care of their babies when the Eskimo family finds food in the wilderness. The Alaskan Malamute is affectionate, friendly, and fun with a sense of humor loving dogs. They obey all your commands whenever they want to but they woo at you if the same commands are repeated over and over again. Alaskan Malamutes have incredibly independent-minded intelligence that sometimes this trait is mistakenly equated with stubbornness. Just like the way they were raised and trained to survive the harsh, unpredictable wilderness of the Arctic, Alaskan Malamutes usually make decisions prioritizing safety and their own personal needs.

Do you know that the Alaskan malamutes don't "smell like dogs"?

Malamutes take care of their coats well and therefore are generally clean. They groom themselves like cats or birds do. Some owners even bathe their dogs once every four months and surprisingly still smell like dry air. They "blow" their undercoats in spring and again in fall. During the rest of the year, brushing is advisable regularly to keep their sheddings away.




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“Never ever humanize a pet;
You might end up raising a child in a cage." 
~ Joey Lawsin

About the Author :

Joey Lawsin is the author behind the new school of thought "Originemology". He is a revisionist who wants to change the world by rewriting the textbooks with new concepts that debunk the old scientific, theological, and philosophical ideas of antiquity. He published a book in Physics, created a conscious machine known as Biotronics, and conceived the theory of "The Caveman in the Box". The article "The Bowlingual Experiment" is an excerpt from his paper "Information Materialization".