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20Mar 2023 by Post

The Role of Learning in the Honey Bee Waggle Dance

algorithms, Animal Algorithms, biology, brain, Carol Gould, distance, Evolution, honey bees, human language, information, insects, Intelligent Design, James Gould, programmed behavior, science, Science (journal), travel distance, waggle dance

Learning is largely a programmed behavior, governed by a type of algorithm, particularly for animals with limited cognitive ability. Source

02Jan 2023 by Post

Mice Can’t Do Calculus but Their Brains Can

brain, calculus, claustrum, consciousness, cortex, Francis Crick, human brain, Intelligent Design, Kevin Hartnett, mathematics, mesencephalic locomotor region, mice, neuroimaging, neuroscience, Neuroscience & Mind, science, Sridevi Sarma, Stop! signal, wheels, wild mice

Neuroimaging and mathematics showed that a simple Stop! signal in the brain would not allow a mouse to stop as quickly as it in fact did. Source

16Dec 2022 by Post

Can a Dog Be Bred to Be as Smart as a Human?

Albert Einstein, American Kennel Club, anatomy, Border Collie, brain, Charles Fawole, consciousness, Dogs, Flynn Effect, humans, intelligence, Jean Marie Bauhaus, Kurt Gödel, Marilyn vos Savant, neurological capability, neuroscience, Neuroscience & Mind, Payton Pearson, Psychology Today, science, Stanley Coren, University of British Columbia

An enterprising electrical engineer, Payton Pearson, thinks it can be done. There are reasons for doubt. Source

09Dec 2022 by Post

MicroRNAs: A New Clue About Octopus Intelligence?

apes, biology, brain, central brain, cognitive abilities, Cris Niell, crows, cuttlefish, Dogs, dolphins, elephants, Grygoriy Zolotarov, intelligence, MicroRNAs, miRNAs, nervous system, neuroscience, Neuroscience & Mind, neurotransmitters, Nikolaus Rajewsky, octopus, Oregon, RNA, science, squid, vertebrates, whales, William Rainey Harper

While octopus brains are very different from vertebrate brains, they share with vertebrates, a huge number of microRNAs. Source

08Sep 2022 by Post

Another Philosopher Says the Unified Self Is an Illusion

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In an interview, Julian Baggini asserted that, while consciousness is not an illusion, a unified self that persists through time is. Source

20Aug 2022 by Post

Listen: Into the Mystic with a Neurosurgeon and a Neurotheologian

Andrew Newberg, brain, brain scan, ID The Future, meditation, Michael Egnor, mystical experiences, mysticism, near-death experiences, neuroscience, Neuroscience & Mind, neurotheology, Podcast, science, speaking in tongues

What parts of the brain light up, and what parts go dormant, when someone is “speaking in tongues”? Source

30Jul 2022 by Post

Scientists Are Undermining Our Trust in Science

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Falsification of scientific research has been a chronic problem for the sector in recent years. Source

21Jul 2022 by Post

How Octopuses Got So Smart? “Junk DNA”

biology, birds, brain, California octopus, clams, common octopus, genome, intelligence, Intelligent Design, invertebrates, jumping genes, Junk DNA, Long Interspersed Nuclear Elements, mammals, marine invertebrates, Neuroscience & Mind, octopuses, oysters, transposons, unguided evolution

Jumping genes used to be dismissed as junk DNA which in turn was held to be slam-dunk evidence for unguided evolutionary processes. Source

20Jul 2022 by Post

This Cambrian Explosion “Explanation” Qualifies as Propaganda

arthropods, brain, Cambrian Explosion, Cambrian News, China, crap theory, Current Biology, Debating Darwin's Doubt, Derek E. G. Briggs, Ediacaran Period, evo-devo, Evolution, fecal material, fossil record, Intelligent Design, Izvestia, Kimberella, morphology, nervous system, newspapers, oxygen level, Palaeophragmodictya, phyla, Pravda, stem taxa, Stephen Meyer, USSR

It’s interesting to see what Derek E. G. Briggs is willing to admit about the Cambrian explosion. Source

09Jul 2022 by Post

Human Brain Has Many More Language Connections than Chimp Brain

arcuate fasciculus, brain, brain scan, chimpanzee brain, chimpanzees, frontal lobe, human brain, humans, Intelligent Design, language, neuroscience, Neuroscience & Mind, temporal lobe, thought, Vitoria Piai

The researchers were interested in a nerve tract that connects the frontal and temporal lobes of the brain, the arcuate fasciculus. Source