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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
June 27, 2022

Categories
Bioethics
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, animals, arthritis, birds, children, emotions, horses, mammals, New York Times, pigs, privilege, reality, Salon, social justice, squirrels, The College Fix, World Economic Forum}

Check Their Privilege: Are Squirrels Socially Unjust?

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June 27, 2022

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Researchers have long assumed that people think like animals. But now we see that the equation reads the same in reverse: animals think like people. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
June 21, 2022

Categories
Bioethics
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, animal rights, animal welfare, Blake Lemoine, Bronx Zoo, chatbot, courts, Google, Happy (elephant), human rights, humans, LaMDA, New York State, Non-Computable You, personhood, PETA, Robert J. Marks II, Wesley J. Smith, Wired, Yuval Noah Harari}

Engineer: Failing to See His AI Program as a Person Is “Bigotry”

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June 21, 2022

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Earlier this month, just in time for the release of Robert J. Marks’s book Non-Computable You, the story broke. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
June 4, 2022

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Linguistics
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, agriculture, algorithms, antennae, ants, brains, cities, computer, computer programmers, E.O. Wilson, eggs, evolutionary biologists, foraging, humans, intelligent design, larvae, mammals, neurons, neuroscience, pheromones, slavery, Stanford University, superorganism}

Yes, Ants Think — Like Computers

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June 4, 2022

Biology, Intelligent Design, Linguistics, Neuroscience & Mind

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Computer programmers have adapted some ant problem-solving methods to software programs (but without the need for complex chemical scents). Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
June 1, 2022

Categories
Intelligent Design
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, Animal Algorithms, bees, crabs, crustaceans, cuttlefish, emotion, entomologists, Eric Cassell, insects, intelligent design, invertebrates, lobsters, neuroscience, octopuses, predators, snails, squid, University of Minnesota, vertebrates}

Do Invertebrates Have Feelings?

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June 1, 2022

Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind

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Just as vertebrates differ greatly in intelligence and sentience, invertebrates may differ greatly too. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
May 26, 2022

Categories
Biology
Medicine
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, animals, antibiotics, cats, chimpanzees, corals, Dogs, dolphins, elephants, Gabon, grass, health, medicine, pain, parasites, University of Zurich}

These Animals Know How to Self-Medicate

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May 26, 2022

Biology, Medicine, Neuroscience & Mind

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The “animals’ pharmacy” mainly aims at treating parasites and wounds using plants and insects. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
May 24, 2022

Categories
Bioethics
Ethics
Evolution
Human Exceptionalism
Tagged
, abortion, animals, anti-human exceptionalism, communication, culture, dog, emotion, environmentalism, euthanasia, horse, human rights, humans, memory, New York University, self-awareness}

Professor: We Shouldn’t Necessarily Value Humans Over Other Animals

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May 24, 2022

Bioethics, Ethics, Evolution, Human Exceptionalism

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NYU environmentalism prof Jeff Sebo argues that humans are not always rational and that some animals display mental qualities so we aren’t exceptional. Read More ›

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Denyse O’Leary

Date
May 22, 2022

Categories
Intelligent Design
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, abstractions, animals, cats, humans, intelligence, Japan, Kyoto University, pets, signals}

Why Cats Can Remember Other Cats’ Names

_{Denyse O’Leary
May 22, 2022

Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind

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University of Kyoto scientists found that they can indeed remember, provided they live in the same household. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
May 17, 2022

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Mathematics
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, algebra, ants, brains, counting, fish, honeybees, humans, infants, interpretation, neurons, neuroscience, Venus flytrap}

Claim: Honeybees, “Like Humans,” Can Tell Odd Vs. Even Numbers

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May 17, 2022

Biology, Evolution, Mathematics, Neuroscience & Mind

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Ants, fruit flies, and even plants can also calculate but it does not follow that they are conscious of what they are doing. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
April 24, 2022

Categories
Ethics
Evolution
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, abstract thought, animals, chimpanzees, conversation, Dogs, emotions, Frans de Waal, horses, James Hutton, moral choice, morality, Nautilus, right, Templeton Foundation, University of Vienna, wrong}

Claim: Research Shows Animals Have a Moral Sense

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April 24, 2022

Ethics, Evolution, Neuroscience & Mind

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We are informed at Nautilus, the Templeton Foundation’s magazine, that “ It’s time to take moral emotion in animals seriously.” Really? Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
April 15, 2022

Categories
Biology
Botany
Life Sciences
Neuroscience & Mind
Psychology
Tagged
, anesthesia, Claude Bernard, consciousness, fungi, gene expression, nervous system, RNA, Venus flytrap, worms}

How Plants Talk When We’re Not Around

_{Denyse O’Leary
April 15, 2022

Biology, Botany, Life Sciences, Neuroscience & Mind, Psychology

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One genuine surprise in recent decades has been the discovery that plants have nervous systems like animals. Read More ›