Tag: intelligence
Scientists Are Skeptical that Intelligence in Homo naledi “Erases Human Exceptionalism”
Berger et al.’s claims about the species have been disputed and their idea that it lived 2-3 million years ago was exaggerated by a factor of 10.
People Can Do Puzzles — And Why That Matters
Our ability to complete a puzzle hinges upon clues that are unavailable to nature, were natural processes given the task of assembling the puzzle.
Monkey-Made “Tools” Cast Doubt on High Intelligence in Early Hominids
Macaque monkeys from Lobi Bay, Thailand, have been observed “unintentionally” producing stone tools.
For AI, Human Hands Are Exceptional…For Now
In many artificially contrived images, the hands come up gnarled, disfigured, or otherwise anatomically incorrect.
Darwin’s Contribution to Racial Extermination
These men and others argued that the logical extrapolation of Darwin’s theory was the extermination of their fellow humans in the name of evolutionary progress!