When Köhler showed in 1917 that chimps could stack boxes to reach food, he thought it was because they are like us. Now we know bees can do it.
Bumble bees show spontaneous problem-solving, challenging big-brain assumptions https://t.co/GBS30Muyvq via @physorg_com
Great conversation between me, Sy Garte, and Sean McDowell on Think Biblically podcast. Goes live today. Sy favors theistic evolution, but we found significant common ground.
https://t.co/KDpwGmwrCf
Evolutionists call this "convergence"-- independent origins of similar features. Between convergence and divergence, everything can be given an evolutionary explanation (or pseudo-explanation).
Parrots and humans share a brain mechanism for speech https://t.co/fHeZRx3Qs8
We think of the terrestrial environment as shaping life. It turns out that, even apart from humans, life profoundly shapes the terrestrial environment.
Life as a Habitability Requirement https://t.co/5PIND7NaKL via @discoveryCSC
Nukes vs AI. How will this play out in public opinion?
Microsoft announces plan to reopen Three Mile Island nuclear power plant to support AI https://t.co/Uq6aQI21pp via @usatoday
Aim to be excellent rather than elite. Excellence is about substance. It isn't measured relative to others. Elitism is about perception--how we stack up in the eyes of people. Jesus is excellent. The Pharisees are elite.
"A single [butterfly] scale is as small as a speck of dust yet surprisingly complex, with a corrugated surface of ridges that help to wick away water, manage heat, and reflect light to give a butterfly its signature shimmer."
https://t.co/HoZTy13lu7
“they are the first to explain how such a simple cell can produce such incredible morphodynamics, beautiful folding and unfolding – aka origami – at the scale of a single cell, time and again without fail.”
https://t.co/ExsMG3ooAD