Conditioning is a rudimentary type of learning. What fish don't have is reasoning ability. Deduction is not a process they use.
I just now found this post, tucked away in this thread. I've always felt that fish have the capacity to learn....I suppose the next, logical question would be, "to what extent?" Thanks ewest, I sometimes got the impression that this was not a.... comfortable? topic for discussion, so I appreciate you sharing your thoughts on the matter.
