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Humans as “Beloved”: A Signature of Intelligent Design

A few minor shifts in how light interacts with matter and our sense of sight would be dulled to most of the visual beauty that we most appreciate in nature. Read More ›
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Research Reveals Elephant’s Amazing Sense of Touch

Elephants can turn over a jeep and pull down a tree, but they can also pick up a potato chip without breaking it. Read More ›
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Are We Just Animals? A Tempting Delusion

Some of my students argue that humans should be wiped off the face of the earth to make room for the other species. Read More ›
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“Moral Philosopher” Decries AI “Speciesism”

Speciesism is the misanthropic argument that treating an animal like an animal is an evil akin to racism. Read More ›
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AI Consciousness Hype “Conflates Simulation with Instantiation”

Robert Lawrence Kuhn interviewed a Spanish physicist turned neuroscientist, Àlex Gómez-Marín, on whether AI can become conscious. Read More ›
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The Tao of Meow: Cats Mew Mostly for Humans

It might be smart to ask people who work with animals to interpret some of this first. Read More ›
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Here Is a New Interpretation for That Alive-and-Dead Quantum Cat

Schrödinger’s cat has got to be the most famous cat in science. He’s really a thought experiment. Read More ›
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“Into the Jungle of Fanciful Assumption”: Excerpts from Samuel Wilberforce on Darwin

"We have objected to the views with which we have been dealing solely on scientific grounds." Read More ›
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As a Cudgel Against Human Exceptionalism, Researchers Push for Bonobo “Theory of Mind”

Is it true that “recognizing when someone else lacks information” has been thought to be a distinctly human trait? Read More ›
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Cat Versus Baby Intelligence: A Comparison

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

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