Tag: Lars Chittka
Evolutionary Biologist Defines Goldenrod Plant as “Intelligent”
The media release for the journal paper, sponsored by Cornell University, illustrates the growing comfort of science with panpsychist ideas.
Bees with Feelings? A Darwinist Winces
Most naturalist philosophers of mind have held that human consciousness — maddeningly mysterious — is an illusion.
New Study Reveals Secrets of Honey Bee Waggle Dance
There are several factors that make detecting direction challenging for the observing bees. One is that the dances take place inside a dark hive.
What Do Bees’ Joy and Pain Really Tell Us About Insect Minds?
Efforts to relate insect to human consciousness are doomed because the distinguishing features of human consciousness are abstract thinking and moral choice.
Pushing Insect Welfare
Of course, we know that insects are not inanimate. A fly senses when you try to swat it.
