Pop Pieces
Born to Count (w/ Sam Clarke)
Scientific American, March 2023
We review scientific evidence for an innate number sense and locate it relative to philosophical accounts of mathematics and the mind.
Can We Really Know What Animals Are Thinking?
The Conversation, September 5, 2019
Reflecting on the life of Sarah, a chimpanzee who served as a research subject for most of her life, I argue that our ability to understand animal thought is subject to principled limitations.
Translated into French for La Conversation: Peut-on réellement savoir à quoi pensent les animaux?
Translated into Arabic for Popular Science Arabia: هل من الممكن أن تفكّر الحيوانات كما نفكّر حقاً؟
My live radio interview about this piece on the Jill Bennett Show (starting around 17:10)
The Only Good Reason to Ban Steroids in Baseball: To Prevent an Arms Race
The Atlantic, June 17, 2013