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Probably the most significant excerpt from the article: The broader implication here is that some animals may be practicing a kind of science, observing cause
by loa_in_ 9y ago
Probably the most significant excerpt from the article:
The broader implication here is that some animals may be practicing a kind of science, observing cause and effect, experimenting and learning. The University of Oxford evolutionary psychologist Robin Dunbar argues in his book “The Trouble With Science” that not only is science not unique to the West or to the developed world, but that it’s not exclusive to humans. “Science is a genuine universal, characteristic of all advanced life-forms,” he writes. It’s how living things figure out the world around them.
- ouid 9y agoWhat is an advanced life form?
- posterboy 9y agoI guess "intelligent" seemed to loaded to describe mere animals.
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- sgt101 9y agoI think that creating hypotheses that make predictions which are then verified by experiment is science. Noticing that willow bark reduces pain is not the same as identifying molecular structures that block nerve receptors.
- pmoriarty 9y agoNow all they need is to find some animals who do peer review.