Philosophy Wire: Learning new songs…

Researchers have shown for the first time that they could teach young sparrows in the wild how to sing a new tune. The wild birds then passed the new songs on to the next generation. [1] What a wonderful cosmos. In the beginning there was silence. And then, suddenly, music filled the cosmos. But only because there was no music in the first place… Listen to that song… How delightfully silent…

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