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Animal minds

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Denyse O'Leary
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December 13, 2020
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Animal minds, Artificial Intelligence, Intelligent Design
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Can we teach a computer to feel things? A dialogue…

Denyse O'Leary
December 13, 2020
Animal minds, Artificial Intelligence, Intelligent Design
You are having an experience reading the vital signs. The dog is having quite a different experience living them. You have all of his data and none of his experience. The dog has none of his data and all of his experience. Suppose you took all that data and instantiated it into a robot. Is the robot having your experience or the dog’s? Or neither, actually? Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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November 5, 2020
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Animal minds, Evolution, Intelligent Design
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Arrangement of fossils gives insights into mammal behavior at 75 million years ago

Denyse O'Leary
November 5, 2020
Animal minds, Evolution, Intelligent Design
Researchers: F. primaevus’ powerful shoulders and elbows that are similar to today’s living burrowing animals … Furthermore, the animals found were a mixture of multiple mature adults and young adults, suggesting these were truly social groups as opposed to just parents raising their young. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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October 6, 2020
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Animal minds, Intelligent Design, Logic and Reason, Mathematics, Mind
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Robert J. Marks: Pigeons can solve the Monty Hall problem. But can you?

Denyse O'Leary
October 6, 2020
Animal minds, Intelligent Design, Logic and Reason, Mathematics, Mind
The dilemma pits human folk intuition against actual probability theory, with surprising results. But the howler is that pigeons tended to get this right more easily than humans - at least in one study. (Another study found that it depended on the humans’ age.) Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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October 4, 2020
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Animal minds, Evolutionary psychology, Intelligent Design, Mind
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What happens when a pair of evolutionary anthropologists try their hand at dealing with existential grief, anxiety, and depression?

Denyse O'Leary
October 4, 2020
Animal minds, Evolutionary psychology, Intelligent Design, Mind
Probably, any perspective that sees humans as merely evolved animals will offer platitudes and prescriptions for suffering, rather than insight or inspiration. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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September 30, 2020
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Animal minds, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Mind
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Primate intelligence test just makes humans more exceptional

Denyse O'Leary
September 30, 2020
Animal minds, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Mind
A recent finding was that mouse lemurs, with a brain 1/200th the size of that of a chimpanzee, performed approximately as well on a primate cognition test. And then there's human intelligence... Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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September 29, 2020
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Animal minds, Intelligent Design, Neuroscience
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Debunking another claim that an alleged “pillar” of human exceptionalism has “fallen”

Denyse O'Leary
September 29, 2020
Animal minds, Intelligent Design, Neuroscience
Stripped of the rhetoric about supposedly fallen “pillars of human exceptionalism,” the researchers found a neuronal response in carrion crows that “might be a broad marker” for consciousness. Well, sure, it might. But before we get carried away, the consciousness we should know the most about is human consciousness, which remains almost a complete mystery to us, despite much research. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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August 20, 2020
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Animal minds, Intelligent Design
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If you think dogs are smarter than cats, this will surprise you

Denyse O'Leary
August 20, 2020
Animal minds, Intelligent Design
Interspecies comparisons are difficult but if we are going to compare, a better matchup would be between cats and wolves because both species have generally had to solve their own problems, as opposed to dogs which are bred to wait for human guidance. Read More ›