Going Undercover

No doubt about it, humans are weird. For one thing, they behave differently if they think you're watching them. I'm not sure what deep-seated insecurities or instinctive guilt this is an expression of, but it seems to be hardwired in them. We cats don't mind if we're being watched or not: with us, what you see is what you get. 

Undercover at the Council of Chairs

The human reaction to being watched means that it can be hard to observe the full range of their natural behaviors. To remedy this, I have taken to going undercover. In one undercover investigation recently, I attended a Council of Chairs meeting. I'm not sure why the chairs were so important to the humans attending the meeting virtually, but I did learn that preventing an uptick in covid cases when the fall semester starts is important to them. That part sounded very reasonable. 

As is so often the case, the interim conclusion of my study is that humans are a baffling mix of neuroses and rationality.