Tag: intelligence
Get Smart: Recognizing Reptile Intelligence
Mammals, birds, and reptiles all developed different smart survival strategies on their own. It sounds like convergent evolution or intelligent design.
Big Human Brain from…Just Two Genes?
The genes, unique to humans, spurred brain growth when introduced in mice and chimpanzee stem cells.
Origin of Life: A “Simple” Worm’s Challenge
Were there ever life forms that were so simple that they could merely self-assemble, as our official doctrine of the origin of life proposes?
Did Sexual Selection Make Male Mosquitofish Really Smart?
It’s worth considering that the fish who can solve mazes may also be better able to stay out of the way of predators than the ones who couldn’t.
Pointing to Design, Ross Douthat Makes the Case that Religious Belief Is Rational
He kicks off the book by talking about the evident design in nature and the fine-tuning of the universe.