RE: Higher consciousness in animals
December 19, 2010 at 9:01 am
(This post was last modified: March 31, 2011 at 5:07 pm by Anomalocaris.)
Does the way a cockroach navigate the branch differ in some fundamental way from the way a squirre would, so cockroaches would by the same standard be said to not show high intelligence or awareness?
Experiments seems to show a very modest collection of simple autonomous reflexes as might be programed into theoretical brain of only a few thousand neurons can closely mimic the collection of behaviors seen in a cockroach.
Experiments seems to show a very modest collection of simple autonomous reflexes as might be programed into theoretical brain of only a few thousand neurons can closely mimic the collection of behaviors seen in a cockroach.
