di Predrag Slijepcevic, Brunel University London, 28 settembre 2017 (traduzione in italiano in coda)

In the philosophy of science there is a segment, not so familiar, but with sufficient identity that it deserves the name: evolutionary epistemology (EE). One of the goals of EE is to explain how biological organisms understand their environment and respond to changes in it. In other words, how the biological organisms “know”.

The novelty that EE offers is the demolition of exclusivity. Intelligence is not only a human trait but a feature of all biological organisms from bacteria to whales. The exact number of biological species on the planet is unknown. One recent estimate suggests that about 9 million species currently inhabit the biosphere. This figure refers exclusively to non-microbial organisms. Estimates of the number of microbial species go up to a trillion! Continua a leggere The Honeybee Algorithm →