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What would surely puzzle other observers is the considerable current effort — at the same time — to portray human intelligence as some sort of illusion. Source

29May 2024 by Post

Darwin’s Racism of the Gaps

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A defender of Darwinism might object that it’s silly to ding Darwin for his racism, since just about every white person in Victorian England was racist. Source

17May 2024 by Post

The Wildly Varying Intelligence of T. Rex

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After centuries with the “stupid” label, the big, bad extinct dino was found in one 2023 study to be as smart as a primate. But then… Source

11May 2024 by Post

An Ape with Evolution on His Mind

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“Are you familiar with the concept of evolution?” asks the ape leader who is bent on raising himself to the level of the human. Source

29Apr 2024 by Post

Do Fungi Have Free-Will?

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Whenever a new hypothesis like this is published and calmly debated in scientific journals without arousing any furor, your first instinct may be to scoff. Source

17Feb 2024 by Post

Ants “Think” Differently from Humans

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There are some 20 quadrillion ants living in the world today. All species of ants are social; there are no known solitary ants. Source

10Jan 2024 by Post

Arts and Sciences Reveal the Genius of Nature

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Jonathan Witt describes four characteristics common in all works of human genius and provides examples, from Shakespeare’s Hamlet to Euclid’s geometry. Source

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