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A Historical Perspective

The 30 Most Intelligent Animals

This March 22nd, 2024 article claims that there is a vast number of animals which demonstrate their intelligence in unique ways. This may be a bit of a stretch since many of the behaviors being attributed to intelligence may actually be simply survival responses.

Theories of Intelligence in Psychology

Psychologists have been trying to figure out what we mean by intelligence. The many theories described in this article illustrate the sheer complexity of the human mind and the challenges in measuring a trait that has so many conflicting definitions and nuances. The new advances in Artificial Intelligence will add more complications to a difficult topic.

The Challenge of Belief Perseverance

Belief perseverance is maintaining a belief despite new information that firmly contradicts it. Research, as described in this Jan 26, 2022 article, has shown that individuals persevere in their biased beliefs and opinions even after the retraction of misinformation.

Neuroscientists battle over Consciousness Ideas

The Scientific discipline requires that all reasonable solutions are presented as Theories. Difficult problems will result in lots of theories, but as theories are tested, many will be eliminated, so the convergence towards a few theories is a measure of progress. With the truly difficult problem of the mystery of consciousness, some researchers are trying a rigorous new way to test two competing theories.

Myths and Mythology

This October 31st, 2018 article shows that Myths are a part of every culture in the world and are used to explain natural phenomena. Mythology - the spoken story of a people - is the study of sacred tales of a culture known as myths or the collection of such stories which deal with various aspects of the human condition.