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Are We Smart Enough to Know How Smart Animals Are?
Book • 2016
In *Are We Smart Enough to Know How Smart Animals Are?*, Frans de Waal delves into the intelligence of various animal species, highlighting their problem-solving abilities, tool use, and social intelligence.
He argues that the difference between human and animal cognition is one of degree, not kind, and emphasizes the need to appreciate animal intelligence on its own terms.
He argues that the difference between human and animal cognition is one of degree, not kind, and emphasizes the need to appreciate animal intelligence on its own terms.
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Mentioned by Jordan Peterson, exploring animal emotions and their relevance to human understanding.
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269. The Biology of Good and Evil | Frans de Waal
Mentioned by Jordan Peterson when discussing dominance hierarchies in chimpanzee troops.
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242. Solving The Problem Of Human Perception | Cambridge
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David Allen as an incredible book exploring animal consciousness and the question of how smart animals are.
David Allen as an incredible book exploring animal consciousness and the question of how smart animals are.
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Ep. 309: David talks with Rutger Bregman
Mentioned by Steve Klabnik , it addresses prioritizing human forms of learning over non-human forms of learning.
What Even Is A [Programming|Natural] Language?
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Paul Hawken when discussing the intelligence of animals and the possibility of Earth having a form of awareness.
Paul Hawken when discussing the intelligence of animals and the possibility of Earth having a form of awareness.
We’re Not Separate from Nature, We’re Made of It: An Honest Conversation About Soil, Carbon, and the Future of Humanity with Paul Hawken
Mentioned by Leah Garcés , highlighting his work on the degrees of differences between humans and animals.
Political animals (with Leah Garcés)
