Max Bennett

How can we tell the difference, and in what circumstances, if any, does the difference even matter?

We struggle to answer these questions because we don’t yet understand the thing we are trying to re-create

Nothing in biology makes sense except in the light of evolution.”

The limbic system was supposedly the center of emotions, such as fear, parental attachment, sexual desire, and hunger.

What I cannot create, I do not understand.

these tasks seem straightforward only because they are straightforward for our brains

Evolution independently converges on common solutions all the time

All animals alive today have been undergoing evolution for the same amount of time.

All animals alive today have been undergoing evolution for the same amount of time.

Intelligence too existed for a long time before brains; as we will see, life began exhibiting intelligent behavior early in its story.