Natural Pedagogy and Flossing Monkeys
(via Concrete Tower)
Gyorgy Gergely and Gergely Csibra have issued a new version of their theory of Natural Pedagogy in Trends in Cognitive Sciences (here). As luck would have it, the paper coincides with a BBC report of macaques teaching flossing to their youngs (well, more accurately, taking ...
Noga Arikha at Google
Invited at Google, Noga Arikha gave a talk that dwelt on the history of Humors Theory, and more generally on the way mind and body may or may not fit together in today's medicalized world [1]. Enjoy ! (see also Noga's posts on our blog)
[1] "Passions and Tempers: A History of the Humours | Noga ...