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Every long episode from Sean Carroll, read in minutes: the key takeaways, the chapters, and a digest of the whole conversation. Theoretical physicist and philosopher, writer and talker. Trying to understand how things work deep down.
Jessica Riskin on Jean-Baptiste Lamarck and Life as Creative Agency | Mindscape 348
Revisiting Lamarck's theories reveals a historical tension between viewing organisms as passive machines or active agents, with implications for modern evolutionary biology and our relationship with nature.
Erica Cartmill on How Human and Animal Minds Think and Play | Mindscape 346
Explore the nuanced differences in animal cognition, revealing that intelligence isn't linear but a unique constellation of abilities across species, from chimp memory to orangutan manipulation skills.