Viral video: 'cat watches horror movie' (or, really just a moving string?)
https://www.youtube.com/embed/_kgRFHaNo-Y
Discussion: the clip has been constructed so that the cat is understood to be deeply immersed in the dramatic action of Alfred Hitchcock's 1960 film 'Psycho'. In doing so, the clip anticipates an audience who will interpret its meaning through a process of 'abductive reasoning' https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abductive_reasoning i.e. a 'best guess' heuristic. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heuristic_(psychology) Further: What is Abductive Reasoning? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zGgJYKEKCzI About: https://www.theguardian.com/media/2016/may/13/viral-video-cat-horror-movie-james-corden-cyndi-lauper https://www.reddit.com/r/funny/comments/82htyo/cats_reactions_to_watching_the_movie_psycho_is/ https://folksonomy.simonperkins.co.uk/?permalink=4219
