Science News’s, Rats Feel Regret, Experiment Finds, reported that when a rat realizes it made a mistake, its body and brain show signs of regret (1). This finding is yet another nail in the coffin of human ‘exceptionalism’. Sure, we are different from rats, but so are butterflies and cats. Research like this truly challenges […]
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And Then There Was Fire
A favorite thought experiment of mine is pondering the hows-and-whys of the world. There are mountains of geological and archeological information to consider. Fortunately, the fog lifts a bit, and I see a little deeper. The difficulty is that a mountain of details always gets in the way of the view. You know the problem… […]
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