06Aug 2022 by Post

Bees Feel Pain. Therefore…Insect Rights?

Animal Algorithms, animal rights, bees, consciousness, crops, Eric Cassell, Heather Browning, insect rights, insects, Kenny Torrella, London School of Economics, meat, neuroscience, Neuroscience & Mind, pain, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, pests, PETA, PNAS, Research, science
As we learn more from research about how various life forms respond to experiences, a more complex picture may raise political issues. Source
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17Jul 2022 by Post

Brain Size Doesn’t Determine Intelligence

Ars Technica, birds, brain size, brains, chimpanzees, genetic engineering, Homo sapiens, human brain, humans, information processing, Intelligent Design, jetliner, John Timmer, lemurs, London School of Economics, Michael Denton, Michel Hofman, monkeys, Neuroscience & Mind, octopus, oxygen, Peter Cochrane, primates, psychology, superintelligence, synaptic connections, The Miracle of Man
Brains are not simple, so many “just common sense” theories have fallen by the wayside. Source
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19Jul 2021 by Post

Don’t Forget Scientific Fraud

Anaesthesia (journal), China, Daniele Fanelli, Egypt, fraud, health, India, Iran, Japan, John Carlisle, London School of Economics, Medicine, Netherlands, Reason (magazine), relatives, Research, Richard Smith, science, Science and Engineering Ethics, scientists, South Korea, The BMJ, Turkey
“I’ve done the research. I have the facts.” Thus said two people to me on successive days over the weekend, in almost identical words. Source
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