Tag: pain
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.
The Human Mind Has No History
There is no good reason to assume that human intelligence evolved from mud to mind via a long slow history.
Thoughts of Evil in a Designed World
Nowhere in the animal world do we see evil that comes anywhere close to comparing with the unfortunate depths of evil displayed by humanity.
The Problem of Pain: Julian Huxley, Magnus Carlsen, and the Meaning of Life
In a conversation with Lex Fridman, Magnus Carlsen betrays no sense of empathy for how his view that life is an accident might negatively impact others.
#2 Story of 2022: If a Fetus Isn’t a Human Being, What Is It?
How is it that a leading professor of biology could fundamentally misunderstand the biology of human development?