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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
January 21, 2024

Categories
Life Sciences
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, cats, control, Current Biology, Dogs, humans, people, pets, prey}

Can Science Tell if Our Cats Love Us?

_{Denyse O’Leary
January 21, 2024

Life Sciences, Neuroscience & Mind

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A cat is not a pack animal; he is adapted to a solitary life. Usually, he likes us but he doesn’t need us emotionally in the same way as a dog. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
November 10, 2023

Categories
Bioethics
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, artificial intelligence, Baylor University, cats, ChatGPT, computer science, creativity, Denyse O'Leary, Dogs, gene pool, George Montañez, Harvey Mudd College, humans, inbreeding, large language models, Popular Mechanics, pornography, Robert J. Marks II, William A. Dembski}

Must AI Inevitably Degenerate into Nonsense, through “Model Collapse”?

_{Casey Luskin
November 10, 2023

Bioethics, Neuroscience & Mind

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AI works because humans are real creative beings, and AIs are built using gigantic amounts of diverse and creative datasets made by humans. Read More ›

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Author
Eric Hedin

Date
October 4, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Human Exceptionalism
Intelligent Design
Linguistics
Mathematics
Tagged
, alligators, americans, blood pressure, cats, cattle, chickens, Dogs, domestication, Enterprise, friendship, horses, humans, intelligent design, kittens, mammals, pets, Philadelphia, pigeons, rabbits, Star Trek, stress}

Intelligent Design in Human-Animal Friendships

_{Eric Hedin
October 4, 2023

Evolution, Human Exceptionalism, Intelligent Design, Linguistics, Mathematics

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A man and his emotional support alligator, Wally, made headlines last week when they tried to attend a baseball game together in Philadelphia. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
October 3, 2023

Categories
Human Exceptionalism
Life Sciences
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, abstractions, animals, birds, cats, cuttlefish, dolphins, dreaming, horses, information, learning, memory, rapid eye movement, sleep, Smithsonian Magazine, spiders, thought, whales}

Dreaming Animals and Human Exceptionalism

_{Denyse O’Leary
October 3, 2023

Human Exceptionalism, Life Sciences, Neuroscience & Mind

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Researchers have detected something like REM (rapid eye movement) sleep — which is associated with dreaming in humans — in jumping spiders. Read More ›

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Author
Paul Nelson

Date
August 3, 2023

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Life Sciences
Metaphysics
Tagged
, Asa Gray, biologists, caterpillars, cats, chance, Charles Darwin, Dogs, evolution, evolutionary theory, Isaac Newton, mice, mutations, randomness, theology, Twitter, UC Davis}

A Debate on the “Randomness” of Mutation

_{Paul Nelson
August 3, 2023

Biology, Evolution, Life Sciences, Metaphysics

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The historical wellspring of randomness in evolutionary theory is Darwin’s own insistence on “chance” at the causal foundations of life. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
December 8, 2022

Categories
Neuroscience & Mind
Science
Tagged
, animals, cats, hierarchy, horse, humans, hunters, intelligence, mammals, neuroscience, predators, prey}

Do Centaurs Really Exist? The Surprising Truth

_{Denyse O’Leary
December 8, 2022

Neuroscience & Mind, Science

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Well, a half human/half horse cannot literally exist — but the way horses and humans work together has been called a “miracle.” Read More ›

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Date
November 20, 2022

Categories
Biology
Human Origins and Anthropology
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, animals, apes, cats, consciousness, Eva Jablonka, evolution, Irreducible Complexity, Martin Luther King Jr., mice, Mother Teresa, Psychology Today, University of Toronto}

Evolution of Human Consciousness Solved! — Yet Again

_{Science & Culture
November 20, 2022

Biology, Human Origins and Anthropology, Neuroscience & Mind

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What does the term “evolution” contribute to the discussion of the origin of human consciousness? Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
October 29, 2022

Categories
Life Sciences
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, cats, communication, Dogs, France, humans, information, neuroscience}

Cats Recognize and Respond to Our Voices

_{Denyse O’Leary
October 29, 2022

Life Sciences, Neuroscience & Mind

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If you are a cat’s human friend, he cares when you talk to him. Whether he will, or even can, do what you want is a separate question. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
August 11, 2022

Categories
Neuroscience & Mind
Philosophy
Science
Tagged
, abstract thought, animals, arachnids, Aristotelianism, Aristotle, bacteria, bats, biological machines, cats, consciousness, Dogs, dreaming, dreams, flies, Franz Brentano, future, human beings, intentionality, justice, mental states, mind, PNAS, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, spiders, Thomas Nagel, viruses}

What Is It Like to Be a Spider?

_{Michael Egnor
August 11, 2022

Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy, Science

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A recent research article from Germany has made quite a splash in the popular media and raises some very interesting questions about animal minds. 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

_{Denyse O’Leary
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 ›