intelligence
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Animals That Can Do Math Understand More Language Than We Think
It is often thought that humans are different from other animals in some fundamental way that makes us unique, or even more advanced than other species. These claims of human superiority are sometimes used to justify the ways we treat other animals, in the home, the lab or the factory farm. So, what is it…
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Is Plant ‘Intelligence’ Just a Human Fantasy?
Although plants make up over 80 per cent of the biomass on Earth, for centuries they have been thought of as inanimate and passive things. Researchers even coined the term “plant blindness” to refer to a cognitive bias that literally makes our brains zone out plants in our view and underestimate their importance.
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Congress Warns U.S. Will Be Vulnerable To Cyber Attacks Without Major Reform
A major congressional study of U.S. preparedness in cyberspace released this week found that the U.S. needs to catch up, and fast”or run the risk of being caught off guard by an adversary.
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Which Animal Will Develop Human-Level Intelligence In The Future?
Animals that think and talk like humans have long enchanted the public ” in the form of myths, children’s books and overrated TV shows. Somehow even the most mundane aspects of daily life ” paying taxes, or preparing sandwiches, or staring at yourself in the mirror with a drained, sallow look and thinking, who am…