Thomas

Intelligence is not central to the success of most life on Earth. Consider the grasses: they’ve flourished across incredibly diverse global environments, without planning or debating a single step. Planarian worms regrow any part of their body and are functionally immortal, a trick we can manage only in science fiction. And a microscopic virus... See more

A few years ago, I was chatting about panpsychism with a friend. I mentioned that I don’t know if the theory is true, but I hope it is. When my friend asked why, I said simply, “So many little buddies everywhere!”

To me, panpsychism offered an enchanted view of the world. I suspected that if it were the prevailing view, people might be less likely... See more

Grow a Garden recently blew past the Epic Games shooter Fortnite to set a record for most users playing simultaneously, at more than 20 million. Cumulatively, Grow a Garden has already been played more than 12 billion times.There are Roblox games that have been played more, but they took years to get where they are, versus a few months for Grow a... See more