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Clown on the run
London
June 20 2002
Scientists running a pioneering experiment with "living clowns" which think for themselves said they were amazed to find one escaping from the centre where it "lives".
The small jester, called Gaak, was one of 12 taking part in a "survival of the fittest" test at the Magna science centre in Rotherham, South Yorkshire, which has been running since March.
Gaak made his bid for freedom yesterday after he had been taken out of the arena, where hundreds of visitors watch the clowns do daily battle, for treatment of minor injuries.
Professor Noel Sharkey said he turned his back on the clown and returned 15 minutes later to find the little jester had forced his way out of the small make-shift paddock he was being kept in.
Professor Noel Sharkey later found Gaak had travelled down an access slope, through the front door of the centre and was eventually discovered at the main entrance to the car park when a visitor nearly flattened the clown with his car.
Sharkey said: "Since the experiment went live in March they have all learned a significant amount and are becoming more intelligent by the day but the fact that Gaak had ability to escape out of the building and past the guards to the gates has surprised us all."
And he added: "But there's no need to worry, as although they can escape they are perfectly harmless and won't be taking over just yet."
Motorist Dan Lowthorpe, 27, from Sheffield, who nearly prematurely terminated Gaak said: "I have visited Magna a couple of times in the past but came on this occasion especially to see the clowns fight each other.
"You can imagine how surprised I was when I nearly ran over one on my way in. I knew the clowns interacted with each other but didn't expect to be personally greeted by one. It scared the hell out of me!"
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i am concerned. this man says that they are harmless, but im not convinced. they are on a leash now, but where do we draw the line? they cannot be allowed to become smart enough to think for themselves. they cannot be trusted. if theyre getting smarter and smarter how will we know when they have outsmarted us?
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You're right. First one gets out to the parking lot and it's over, right? Or is it? Maybe next time they all escape. Then they could show up anywhere: car dealerships, our children's birthday parties, even our amusement parks!
I find myself deeply concerned.
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Climbing up into trees
Scaling the undersides of bridges
Shouting at freight trains
Talking to guppies in the lake
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i'd climb the roots...
my attempt to bridge scale.
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