Carlo Rovelli on What We Can Learn From the Octopus Mind
In an extract from his new book, physicist and author Carlo Rovelli muses on what octopuses can teach us about consciousness.
BBC Science Focus Magazine
Topics: Animal Studies Consciousness Intelligence
Crows Possess Higher Intelligence Long Thought a Primarily Human Attribute
Crows know what they know and can ponder the content of their own minds, a manifestation of higher intelligence and analytical thought long believed the sole province of humans and a few other higher mammals.
STAT
Topics: Animal Studies Cognition Consciousness Human Uniqueness Intelligence Neurons
How to Foster ‘Shoshin’
It’s easy for the mind to become closed to new ideas. Cultivating a beginner’s mind helps us rediscover the joy of learning.
Psyche
Topics: Awe Bias Humility Intellectual Humility Intelligence Knowledge Learning
For the Evolution of Smarts, Parents Matter
Songbird research shows cognitive and survival benefits.
Cosmos
Topics: Animal Studies Cognitive Development Cultural Evolution Intelligence Learning Social Learning
The Importance of Knowing You Might Be Wrong
The concept of intellectual humility, and whether it could actually be key to making us smarter.
BBC Reel
Topics: Intellectual Humility Intelligence Knowledge
Why You Might Be Smarter Than You Think
The concept of human intelligence has changed a lot over the past 100 years.
Topics: Intelligence Scott Barry Kaufman
In Negotiations, Givers Are Smarter Than Takers
Generosity is a sign of intelligence, and givers are the rising tide that lifts all boats.
The New York Times
Topics: Cooperation Generosity Intelligence
Thou Shall Not Kill: An Analysis of Religion, Violence, and IQ
Like religion, higher IQ is associated with lower rates of antisocial behavior and crime.
The Boston Globe
Topics: Intelligence Morality Violence
Ecology of Intelligence
A talk by Frank Wilczek.
Edge
Topics: Intelligence Robots
Humans: Doing More With Less
A talk by Tom Griffiths.
Topics: Cognition Decision-Making Intelligence Rationality
Has Humanity Reached ‘Peak Intelligence’?
Are our IQs set to increase forever, or are we on the cusp of decline? David Robson explores the past, present, and future of intelligence.
BBC Future
Topics: Bias Cognition Cognitive Development Creativity Decision-Making Education Human Evolution Intelligence Rationality
A Separate Kind of Intelligence
A talk by Alison Gopnik.
Topics: Cognitive Development Intelligence Learning
Questioning the Cranial Paradigm
A talk by Caroline A. Jones.
Topics: Intelligence
‘There’s Just No Doubt That It Will Change the World’: David Chalmers on V.R. and A.I.
We will develop new worlds and beings with powers greater than our own. How do we maximize them for good?
The Stone, The New York Times
Topics: Consciousness Intelligence Reality Technology
Stupid Humans
If we’re a dud cosmic experiment, is there hope?
Life, Unbounded, Scientific American
Wings May All Be Universal. Smarts, Not So Much
Many astrobiologists believe life gets going easily on Earthlike planets and so will be widespread in the universe. It is then possible that some of those planets might have evolved intelligent beings.
Topics: Epigenetics Evolutionary Theory Extraterrestrial Life Intelligence
The Brain Is Full of Maps
A talk by Freeman Dyson.
Should You Add a Microchip to Your Brain?
You might risk losing yourself.
Topics: Consciousness Human Enhancement Intelligence Technology
Toward a New Frontier in Human Intelligence: The Person-Centered Approach
New research is shedding light on how intelligence changes and develops over time.
Beautiful Minds, Scientific American
Topics: Cognition Intelligence
A Robot Has Figured Out How to Use Tools
In a startling demonstration, the machine drew on experimentation, data, and observation of humans to learn how simple implements could help it achieve a task.
MIT Technology Review
Topics: Intelligence Learning Robots Technology
Is Superintelligence Impossible?
On possible minds: philosophy and AI, with David Chalmers and Daniel C. Dennett, moderated by John Brockman.
Topics: Cognition Consciousness Intelligence Robots Technology
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