Tag: nervous system
How Plants Talk When We’re Not Around
One genuine surprise in recent decades has been the discovery that plants have nervous systems like animals.
Octopuses Get Emotional About Pain, Research Shows
The smartest of invertebrates, the octopus, once again prompts us to rethink what we believe to be the origin of intelligence.
If IQ Is Inherited, Is the Intellect Simply Material?
The widely accepted heritability of IQ — between 57 percent and 80 percent in twin studies — is strong evidence for the materiality of the intellect.
Evans et al. (2021): All Four Examples Debunked
Evans et al. (2021) seem to have been well aware of the circular reasoning in their argument.
For Fire, Nature Obliges Us with Rapid Reflexes
One area where very fast nerve conduction is vital is vision, more specifically, in keeping the eyes fixed on some object in the field of vision while in motion.