A Ngamba Island chimpanzee in Uganda. The human capacity for rational thinking makes us unique among the animal kingdom, according to wise, old Aristotle. However, an ever-growing body of research ...

New research on chimpanzees is forcing scientists to rethink where the line between human and animal minds really lies. In carefully designed experiments, chimps are not just grabbing at treats or ...

Many atheists think that their atheism is the product of rational thinking. They use arguments such as "I don't believe in God, I believe in science" to explain that evidence and logic, rather than ...

It’s not uncommon to hear that being “emotional” is the opposite of being “rational.” For many people, the idea of rationality evokes images of a person engaging in intelligent, calculated ...

Find today’s readings here. I have been on what I might call a “lawyer kick” recently: In a class I’m taking, I am reading Cicero’s “De Oratore” (“On the Ideal Orator”), which discusses how one should ...

The state agency responsible for “following the science” on COVID and other health care risks, has released a new climate science curriculum for high school students. Remarkably, the curriculum is ...

Children learn from intelligent teachers that “might does not make right” and “bullying” abuses and terrorizes the weak. America's history is littered with examples - burning witches at Salem, ...