If Nietzsche Were a Narwhal

A dazzling, delightful read on what animal cognition can teach us about our own mental shortcomings. - Adam GrantThis funny,extraordinary and thought-provoking (The Wall Street Journal)book asks whether we are in fact the superior species. As it turns out, the truth is strangerand far more interestingthan we have been led to believe.If Nietzsche Were a Narwhaloverturns everything we thought we knew about human intelligence, and asks the question: would humans be better off as narwhals? Or some other, less brainy species? Theres a good argument to be made that humans might be a less successful animal species precisely because of our amazing, complex intelligence. All our unique gifts like language, math, and science do not make us happier or more successful (evolutionarily speaking) than other species. Our intelligence allowed us to...