Tag: animal intelligence

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
November 20, 2025

Categories
Biology
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, acidopore, animal intelligence, animal tool use, ants, bears, biology, canine, crab bait, crab trap, Elie Dolgin, Formicinae ants, human intelligence, information, intelligent design, James Webb Space Telescope, Keizo Takasuka, Lasius flavus, Lasius japonicus, Lasius orientalis, Lasius umbratus, Mihai Andrei, National Zoo, neuroscience, Paul Paquet, Phie Jacobs, physiology, Platonic realm, Science News, tool use, University of Victoria, West Coast, wolf, ZME Science}

Does Animal Intelligence Point to a Platonic Realm of Pure Information?

_{Denyse O’Leary
November 20, 2025

Biology, Neuroscience & Mind

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How could a life form like an ant — not known for creative or independent thinking as such but rather for a hive mind — “evolve” such a strategy? Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
April 17, 2025

Categories
Intelligent Design
Neuroscience & Mind
Zoology
Tagged
, abstractions, animal intelligence, birds, brains, chickadees, cockatoos, common sense, crows, evolution, evolutionary biology, Germany, Giacomo Gattoni, human exceptionalism, humans, intelligence, intelligent design, logic, mammals, Maria Antonietta Tosches, Niklas Kempynck, Onur Güntürkün, ornithology, paleornithologists, problems, ravens, Ruhr University Bochum, Science (journal), vertebrates, Yasemin Saplakoglu}

High Bird Intelligence Is Consistent with Design, Not Evolution

_{Denyse O’Leary
April 17, 2025

Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind, Zoology

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A discussion of animal intelligence that refuses to acknowledge human exceptionalism becomes a script for suppressing discussions we need to have. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
February 13, 2025

Categories
Life Sciences
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, abstract, animal intelligence, babies, cats, Dogs, human mind, humans, intelligence, Live Science, muscles, Oakland University}

Cat Versus Baby Intelligence: A Comparison

_{Denyse O’Leary
February 13, 2025

Life Sciences, Neuroscience & Mind

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Cat intelligence is of a rather different kind from dog intelligence (to say nothing of human intelligence). Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
February 9, 2025

Categories
Life Sciences
Neuroscience & Mind
Psychology
Tagged
, animal intelligence, animals, babies, Big Bang, bonobos, cats, children, counting, Dogs, intelligence, kittens, Live Science, neuroscience, numbers, pets, puppies, Stanley Coren, Stonehenge, University of British Columbia}

Dog Versus Baby Intelligence: A Comparison

_{Denyse O’Leary
February 9, 2025

Life Sciences, Neuroscience & Mind, Psychology

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It’s an odd question because what we should be asking is, “Are kittens and puppies smarter than babies?” Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
July 26, 2022

Categories
Neuroscience & Mind
Psychology
Science
Tagged
, abstract concepts, abstract thought, abstractions, animal intelligence, bottlenose dolphins, chimpanzees, Dogs, dolphins, neuroscience, rabbits, social justice, time travel, University of Buffalo}

Claim: Dogs Can Form “Abstract Concepts”

_{Denyse O’Leary
July 26, 2022

Neuroscience & Mind, Psychology, Science

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It’s a good idea to be skeptical when any such claim is followed up with the assertion that humans “aren’t that cognitively unique after all.” Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
October 6, 2016

Categories
Bioethics
Faith & Science
Tagged
, __tedited, animal intelligence, anti-American propaganda, human exceptionalism, human intelligence, meat machines, patriotism, Privileged Species, The Privileged Planet, worldview}

A View of the World Fueled by “Nothing Special”

_{David Klinghoffer
October 6, 2016

Bioethics, Faith & Science

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It's a depressed teenager's nihilism -- but proved by science! -- versus an exalted picture of the cosmos. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
September 6, 2016

Categories
Bioethics
Human Exceptionalism
Tagged
, __tedited, animal experiments, animal intelligence, animal rights, Edward Taub, human experimentation, human intelligence, human rights, medical ethics, medical experiments, medical research, moral value, PETA, Peter Singer, Silver Spring Monkey Case, value}

The Human Cost of Animal Rights Fanaticism

_{Wesley J. Smith
September 6, 2016

Bioethics, Human Exceptionalism

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Animal rights activists associated with PETA set up Dr. Edward Taub as an animal abuser. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
July 19, 2016

Categories
Linguistics
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, __tedited, abstract concepts, abstract thought, animal intelligence, grammar, human intelligence, language, learning, signals}

Here’s How We Could Know if Animals Use Language

_{Michael Egnor
July 19, 2016

Linguistics, Neuroscience & Mind

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Perhaps, some critics will argue, animals have language that we haven't detected. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
July 15, 2016

Categories
Linguistics
Neuroscience & Mind
Zoology
Tagged
, __tedited, abstract thought, animal intelligence, animal personhood, common sense, David Hume, human intelligence, Jeffrey Shallit, language, Nature}

David Hume Notwithstanding, Abstract Thought in Animals Is a Myth

_{Michael Egnor
July 15, 2016

Linguistics, Neuroscience & Mind, Zoology

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Abstract thought in animals is a cultural myth at the heart of the Darwinian understanding of man. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
July 9, 2016

Categories
Philosophy
Science
Tagged
, __edited, __tedited, abstract concepts, abstract reasoning, abstract thought, animal intelligence, animal languages, causality, human exceptionalism, human mind, human nature, human reason, language, logic, Nature Genetics, universals}

Is Your Cat Logical?

_{Michael Egnor
July 9, 2016

Philosophy, Science

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Goodness gracious, this stuff never stops. Read More ›