Clever Hans: The Horse Who Couldn’t Count

Xander Toftness
Sep 3, 2018 · 6 min read

Clever Hans was a Horse who was taught to count by his owner, or so it appeared. But, surprisingly, this wasn’t a simple case of fraud, where the owner of the horse tricked people into believing in a counting horse. This is a story about a horse tricking humans. Allow me to explain.

Clever Hans with Wilhelm von Osten

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