Tag: David M. Peña-Guzmán

Spider birded in terrarium live end sleep

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Denyse O'Leary
Date
September 30, 2023

Categorized
Animal mind, Human exceptionalism

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Carolyn Wilke, Cuttlefish intelligence, David M. Peña-Guzmán, Spiders and dreaming}

What Does It Mean to Say That Spiders “Dream”?

_{It means much less than we might be led to think} _{Denyse O'Leary
September 30, 2023

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Animal mind, Human exceptionalism}

The war on the basic fact that humans are different from other life forms is leading researchers down some very unusual paths. Read More ›

Woman in bedroom terrified by big spider crawling over her bed

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Denyse O'Leary
Date
August 31, 2022

Categorized
Ethics, Human exceptionalism, Natural Intelligence

Tagged
David M. Peña-Guzmán, When Animals Dream (book)}

Should Spider Dreaming Really Give Us “Ethical Pause”?

_{The incidental discovery of REM sleep in spiders is morphing into vast claims that we have “urgent and inexorable ethical obligations” to them and other life forms} _{Denyse O'Leary
August 31, 2022

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Ethics, Human exceptionalism, Natural Intelligence}

Recent claims that plants are conscious and spiders dream are now used to undermine the uniqueness of human consciousness, which will affect human rights. Read More ›