Tag: London School of Economics
What Do Animals Feel? And What About Babies?
With human babies, those who propose laws against cruelty suddenly enter a Cold Zone, at least compared to their feelings for crustaceans.
Bees Feel Pain. Therefore…Insect Rights?
As we learn more from research about how various life forms respond to experiences, a more complex picture may raise political issues.
Brain Size Doesn’t Determine Intelligence
Brains are not simple, so many “just common sense” theories have fallen by the wayside.
If Octopuses Are So Smart, Should We Eat Them?
We have tended to assume that intelligence rose with the development of a spinal cord and brain (vertebrates), and warmbloodedness (mammals and birds).
Don’t Forget Scientific Fraud
“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.