Tag: protists
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Is an amoeba smarter than your dog?
On the same drier side of humour; if you give a dog a hammer, nails and the wood, can it build its own kennel and even if it could, would it be a work of art? Obviously, both the title and the question that follows are tongue-in-cheek! However, there is a serious side to this…
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Can an amoeba think?
At 72 years of age one comes to reflect upon why it is that one chose a particular path through life. There are only a few things of which I am certain. The first is that I am a scientist and a firm believer in the Scientific Method. In a world where the irrational seems…