Smart

The human brain has not changed substantially in many thousands of years. But, I wonder, have some generations in those many thousands of years been smarter or dumber than other generations? It’s been lamented that Millennials are “dumber than a box of rocks!” But what about Isaac Newton’s generation? How often is humanity blessed withContinue

Dog Intelligence

My mom has a toy fox terrier, Colby.  His intelligence amazes me. When chimpanzees were raised by human families in an effort to teach them sign language, the chimpanzees seemed to think that they were humans, as demonstrated when a chimp was given the task organize pictures of humans and of chimps in separate pilesContinue