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Are We Unique?
FromEvolution Talk
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Length:
14 minutes
Released:
Sep 28, 2015
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
In what ways are we special or unique? Is it because we can think, like Rene Descartes said? Or is thinking just a chemical process that directs our actions as La Mettrie would have us believe? You might be shocked to know that we don’t really know. Science hasn’t been able to touch it.
Released:
Sep 28, 2015
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (100)
Our Unique Species: In the last episode I asked the question ‘Are we unique?’ and then set about showing why it is we are not by looking at the animal kingdom. From tool use to altruism it appears that we are not as special as we might think. But, of all of earth’s... by Evolution Talk