It turns out, ironically enough, that designing accurate and appropriate intelligence tests for animals, tests our intelligence. Recently the Wall Street Journal ran an article by Frans de Waal about animal intelligence and the difficulties in creating appropriate tests. Please take a few minutes to read de Waal’s article, it is quite interesting. We seem to be an insecure […]
Category: Animals
Evolving morality?
What makes us moral and ethical beings? Evolution? Culture? God? For some the idea that our moral behavior is an evolved trait is disconcerting. But, we can see signs of morality in other animals. Animals who live in groups have social rules. They have standards for behavior. For example, you have probably seen a nature […]
