Ravens are well known to be intelligent birds. At the Konrad Lorenz Research Station in Austria several hand-raised birds under observation for two years have produced evidence that they console one another, suggesting they are responsive to emotional needs of birds involved in a fight. Says a researcher: "It's interesting to see these behaviors in animals other than chimpanzees. It seems to be more ingrained in evolutionary history."
Skeptical About Skepticism Christian Science Monitor
Journalism is rife with skeptical minds and that's as it should be. But a thinking-man's skeptic realizes that although there are hoaxed UFO reports and misperceived sightings of cryptids, there are also cases where the evidence hints of scientific discovery and reveals that we indeed do not know everything and should keep a open mind when writing about the unknown. The problem in rational discourse today is between the “science warriors” and the real “philosophers of science." The former take an absolutist approach to science, skewering anything with a whiff of the paranormal, while the later understand science to be a set of beliefs and knowledge that at times can be turned on its head. Elsewhere, Henry Bauer points out that the change from “little science” to “Big Science” means that science will now rarely cover any subject that might rock the profitable mainstream boat: Big Science & commercial science publishing = corruption of peer review & science.
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