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Wenn Nietzsche ein Narwal wäre: Was tierische Intelligenz über menschliche Stupi verrät
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- ISBN
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- Book Title
- If Nietzsche Were a Narwhal : What Animal Intelligence Reveals about Human Stupidity
- Item Length
- 9.6in
- Publisher
- Little Brown & Company
- Publication Year
- 2022
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 1.4in
- Genre
- Nature, Psychology, Humor
- Topic
- Topic / Animals, Evolutionary Psychology, Animal Rights
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- 6.4in
- Item Weight
- 18.3 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 320 Pages
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This funny, "extraordinary and thought-provoking" ( The Wall Street Journal) book asks whether we are in fact the superior species. As it turns out, the truth is stranger--and far more interesting--than we have been led to believe. If Nietzsche Were a Narwhal overturns everything we thought we knew about human intelligence, and asks the question: would humans be better off as narwhals? Or some other, less brainy species? There's a good argument to be made that humans might be a less successful animal species precisely because of our amazing, complex intelligence. All our unique gifts like language, math, and science do not make us happier or more "successful" (evolutionarily speaking) than other species. Our intelligence allowed us to split the atom, but we've harnessed that knowledge to make machines of war. We are uniquely susceptible to bullshit (though, cuttlefish may be the best liars in the animal kingdom); our bizarre obsession with lawns has contributed to the growing threat of climate change; we are sexually diverse like many species yet stand apart as homophobic; and discriminate among our own as if its natural, which it certainly is not. Is our intelligence more of a curse than a gift? As scientist Justin Gregg persuasively argues, there's an evolutionary reason why human intelligence isn't more prevalent in the animal kingdom. Simply put, non-human animals don't need it to be successful. And, miraculously, their success arrives without the added baggage of destroying themselves and the planet in the process. In seven mind-bending and hilarious chapters, Gregg highlights one feature seemingly unique to humans--our use of language, our rationality, our moral systems, our so-called sophisticated consciousness--and compares it to our animal brethren. Along the way, remarkable tales of animal smarts emerge, as you'll discover: "A dazzling, delightful read on what animal cognition can teach us about our own mental shortcomings." --Adam Grant The house cat who's better at picking winning stocks than actual fund managers Elephants who love to drink Pigeons who are better than radiologists at spotting cancerous tissue Bumblebees who are geniuses at teaching each other soccer What emerges is both demystifying and remarkable, and will change how you look at animals, humans, and the meaning of life itself. San Francisco Chronicle bestseller - BOOKRIOT Best Books of the Year - Next Big Idea Book Club Best Science Books of the Year "I love the book, and everyone should read it." --Ryan Holiday "Undeniably entertaining." -- The New York Times
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Publisher
Little Brown & Company
ISBN-10
0316388068
ISBN-13
9780316388061
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22050027274
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Book Title
If Nietzsche Were a Narwhal : What Animal Intelligence Reveals about Human Stupidity
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Topic / Animals, Evolutionary Psychology, Animal Rights
Publication Year
2022
Genre
Nature, Psychology, Humor
Number of Pages
320 Pages
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Item Length
9.6in
Item Height
1.4in
Item Width
6.4in
Item Weight
18.3 Oz
Additional Product Features
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Ql785.G713 2022
Reviews
"In the best tradition of "popular science" writing, Gregg, an adjunct professor of biology at St Francis Xavier University...draw[s] on a vast body of research from medicine, animal behaviour, human behaviour, history, social studies and philosophy to explore a provocative question: a certain kind of intelligence separates humans from all other animals, but is it also leading us to annihilation? In seven quick chapters, Gregg unpacks a lot, and the book gets better as it goes along, becoming more and more thought-provoking."-- Money Control, "Entertaining work of pop science...[ If Nietzsche Were a Narwhal ] is a lighthearted conceit, and it leads to an enlightening tour of animal behavior...wonderfully accessible and charmingly narrated, this is a fascinating investigation of intellect and cognition."-- Publishers Weekly, "[Gregg] builds his often hilarious, sometimes unsettling, case against human superiority."-- Genetic Literary Project, "You'll be laughing and contemplating up a storm in your chaise lounge during this enlightening book that compares the animal kingdom and humans. Dolphin scientist Justin Gregg makes you think about language, mortality, consciousness, and more--opening your eyes to animal parallels. Are we really as smart as we think?" -- Men's Journal, Best Summer Reads, "both demystifying and remarkable... will change how you look at animals, humans, and the meaning of life itself"-- Next Big Idea Club, "In often amusing, absurd detail, Gregg demonstrates time and again why animals may have the intellectual upper hand."-- The Globe and Mail, "If Nietzsche Were A Narwhal is a must-read because it explains how we can save the world only if we exist in symbiosis with the thinking, feeling creatures that have had the misfortune of sharing the planet with humans, who turn out not to be as intelligent as they believe themselves to be." -- Rafia Zakaria , The Baffler, "Gregg's clever and provocative book is full of irreverent notions and funny anecdotes...undeniably entertaining."-- Jennifer Szalai , The New York Times, "[ If Nietzsche Were a Narwhal ] challenges deep-seated ideas about the superiority of human intelligence by contrasting it with stories of animals who've gotten along just fine without it."-- Publishers Weekly, "What's it like to be a bat, a bee, or a bed bug? In this enthralling book, Justin Gregg offers a window into the minds of other creatures, and debunks many of the myths of human exceptionalism. He makes the provocative argument that human thinking may be complex, but it is by no means superior - and its unique qualities could even be the cause of our species' ultimate downfall . If Nietzsche Were a Narwhal is both a humbling and awe-inspiring read" -- David Robson, author of The Intelligence Trap and The Expectation Effect, "A highly original take on the nature of intelligence across life forms. Simultaneously thought-provoking and delightfully humorous, Justin Gregg guides readers into an essential re-thinking of human exceptionalism. This is a welcome upending of all we have been molded to believe about human and other-than-human animal minds." -- Lyanda Lynn Haupt, author of Rooted and Mozart's Starling
Table of Content
Introduction The human brand of intelligence is really not all that exceptional (from an evolutionary standpoint), and is rarely the best solution for how to live a good life. Animal thinking has a lot to teach humans about how to live well without overthinking things. Chapter 1: The Why Specialists The human capacity for causal inference is unsurpassed in the animal kingdom. But animals seem to get by just fine (and sometimes even better) without needing to know why things happen. Chapter 2: The Fake News Species Humans are experts are manipulating the thoughts of other humans through lies and deception. Animals, on the other hand, are usually quite honest about their feelings and intentions. But being masters of deception isn't always as advantageous as it might seem. Chapter 3: To Be or Not to Be an Ant Humans have come a long way since a handful of us left the African continent to explore the Earth a few dozen millennia ago. We're fantastically populous, for a mammalian species. But we aren't really designed very well for group living. So many other species have hit on solutions for living well in large numbers that could provide lessons for us newfangled city-dwellers. Chapter 4: The Mystery of the Happy Chicken Conscious awareness is not limited to the human species; there's every reason to believe that a myriad of animals--from the pets on our sofas right down to the spiders in our basement--experience the world in ways not dissimilar to a human. From a biological standpoint, however, consciousness isn't really that big of a deal. Chapter 5: Angry Gay Ducks Humans certainly don't have a monopoly on morality. Other species live by moral codes, too. And when looking at how non-human species deal with problems of right and wrong, or who gets to have sex with whom, or even the best way to fight a war, most species have hit on solutions that call into question the moral superiority of Homo sapiens . Chapter 6: Death Wisdom Knowledge of our own mortality is arguably a rather crappy knock-on effect of the human brand of intelligence. Other species might well know something of death but are unlikely to dwell on it the way a human poet or philosopher could. Is this kind of death wisdom a good or a bad thing? Chapter 7: Prognostic Myopia Humans excel at predicting and planning for the distant future. No other animal species understand the passage of time like we do. And yet, our minds never evolved to truly feel the future repercussions of our current decisions. Is this skill a benefit or a liability for our species? Chapter 8: Human Exceptionalism Human and animal cognition are not really all that different. In the few areas where humans do something truly exceptional when it comes to intelligence, there is every reason to believe that other species are nonetheless doing a better job than us at living a good life with less complex thinking strategies. Humans could learn a lot from the cognitive solutions offered by those species that are less exceptional than we consider ourselves to be. Epilogue Does the science of animal minds and animal intelligence leave us with a clear understanding of how animals should be treated? Re-thinking the nature of human intelligence and exceptionalism just might provide us with a few signposts showing us why we should also re-think our relationship to the living creatures with whom we share this planet.
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2021-951505
Dewey Decimal
591.5/13
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Dewey Edition
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