Anthropocene just posted a summary of a research study published in Science, “Olfaction in the Anthropocene: NO3 negatively affects floral scent and nocturnal pollination.” Science. Feb. 8, 2024. This goes along with other posts on animal perception (and human’s inability to do same), as well as looking at unintended consequences from human actions – part of…
Just in case you have never read Lord of the Rings and do not know what an Ent is, or have never heard of Treebeard … In continuing the theme of humans completely underestimating the capabilities of our fellow earth denizens (plants, animals and insects) – dolphins, crows and primates so far discussed – a…
Ars Technica published a short article on Corvid memory linking a recent research article published in Nature. The Ars Technica post was titled: Corvids seem to handle temporary memories the way we do. Which goes toward an early post about humans not fully understanding the perception capabilities (and connected mental / physical activities) of different…
Philosophically, one can dive as deep as one wants on human perception vs reality. In a world filled with human engineered and binary coded sensors, the physical world (reality) seems scientifically ‘known’. I am not confident with that knowledge. I propose a distinction between ‘earth’s reality’ and ‘human’s knowledge of earth’s reality’ (regardless of scientific…
