For most of Western History intelligence has been understood as a distinctive mark of being human. But what does that mean? And we unique in being intelligent? Our human self-understanding is challenged from two sides. On one hand we are discovering that animals are intelligent. And on the other we are building intelligent machines. What will make us unique?
This episode explores more deeply what it means to think of ourselves as intelligent, and where our true humanity might lie. A video version is found at http://www.youtube.com/@InterfaithEncounters or http://interfaith-encounters.org.