Why so quiet?

Children have a very clean unadulterated mode of argument.

There is a fine line between complexity and chaos... Maybe that is why we should always head the words of simple minds...

- Aunt, are you a girl or a woman?
- A Woman
- And, can you have children?
- Yes, but I don't want to right now
- Oh

This dialog with a child reveals an Aristotelian handling of logic. It also reveals how easily accepted new information becomes incorporated as truth.

Evolution.. under pressure

This article and its related investigation are a testament to the speed evolutionary trait modification can take place when the stakes are high.

These changes have been taking shape in as little over a dozen generations!

Moscow's Stray Dogs Evolving Greater Intelligence, Including a Mastery of the Subway