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We Yu: Dolphins Calling
by Peter C. Sugarman
For more than fifty years, Peter C. Sugarman has pursued an extraordinary question: can humans and dolphins truly communicate?
We Yu: Dolphins Calling follows that quest from Navy sonar training and encounters with dolphins to the emerging technologies that may finally help bridge the divide between our two species.
Peter Sugarman
For more than 50 years, Peter has pursued a deep passion to establish two-way communication with dolphins. Peter brings a unique set of skills to achieve this: experience in marine behavioral ecology and animal behavior; computer science, artificial intelligence and software development; experimental cognitive psychology; integral ecology, and underwater acoustics.
Peter’s Experience
Early career experience includes training in underwater acoustics as a sonar technician with the US Navy (1971). In 1980, I worked with the Human/Dolphin Foundation at Marine World/Africa USA in Redwood City, CA on the JANUS project in their attempt to communicate with two captive adolescent dolphins. In the mid 80’s, I produced a field guide to the Orca Whales of Puget Sound, working with the Whale Museum, Friday Harbor, WA.
In the early 90s I led several test teams through successful software application development projects at Microsoft. My expertise in developing and testing processes remains a foundational skill enabling me to develop and direct the creation of a two-way acoustic protocol for talking with dolphins. I was the first research coordinator at the Dolphin Research Center in the Florida Keys (2000), working on marine mammal research.
My education includes three master’s degrees: in marine behavioral ecology, from Florida State University, (1977); computer science, from Western Washington University, (1988), and in experimental cognitive psychology, from the University of Southern Mississippi (USM) in 2010.
Peter Sugarman’s quest
Exploring Dolphin Intelligence: Opening a New Frontier in Cross-Species Communication
By establishing meaningful dialogue with these remarkable marine mammals, we gain profound insights into alternative forms of consciousness and problem-solving that could revolutionize human approaches to communication, environmental conservation, and even artificial intelligence development.
Intermediary Language for Cross-Species Communication
This method creates a true meeting point where both humans and dolphins can contribute equally, potentially revealing profound insights into consciousness itself and healing the artificial Cartesian divide between humanity and the natural world.
Research Philosophy: Bridging Species Through Shared Consciousness
By developing a shared language built on universal concepts we all understand, we can invite dolphins through the portal of reflective consciousness, opening entirely new worlds for both species. This exchange promises to enrich both communities while fundamentally reshaping our place within the interconnected web of life, pioneering an unprecedented era of mutual learning and understanding.
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