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With the way they tested, couldn't it just have been the difference between "more white" and "less white" and not an actual numerical understanding?
It's the same method but reversed rewards so it could still be that they were attracted because more shapes = more black. Was the ratio of color difference consistent each time or were the shapes random sizes?
I mean that's just the opposite conditioning. The bees that chose the pictures with more spots were rewarded for choosing the pictures with more spots. So they'd be conditioned to go for the picture with more spots.
How is that different than counting?