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News
Date
August 6, 2019

Categorized
Philosophy of Mind

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___longform, Computer Simulation, Donald Hoffman, Evolution, human evolution, illusion}

Why Some Scientists Think Science Is an Illusion

_{It’s a useful illusion, they say, but our brains are not really wired to know the facts} _{News
August 6, 2019

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Philosophy of Mind}

The great triumph of the theory of evolution was to show that humans are just animals in nature—clever, yes, but clever animals. Or so we are told. But wait! Read More ›

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News
Date
June 20, 2019

Categorized
Natural Intelligence

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Animal Minds, Dogs, Evolution, Genetics, Wolves}

Those Puppy Dog Eyes Are No Accident

_{The babyface dog is, according to a study of animal shelters, more likely to be adopted} _{News
June 20, 2019

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Natural Intelligence}

Over thirty-three millennia of selective breeding shaped “a scant, irregular cluster of fibres” found around wolves’ eyes into eyebrows that communicate—to humans—a look-after-me doggy expression.