RE: A hypothesis about consciousness
February 11, 2017 at 8:10 pm
(This post was last modified: February 11, 2017 at 8:10 pm by Won2blv.)
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Again, I'd suggest that google and scientific papers will show that many animals clearly DO have the ability to symbolize and to develop creative responses to their environment. I believe octopuses, parrots, and several other animals are capable of fairly high level thought.
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I am not discounting other animals ability to having varying degrees of conscious thoughts. I am saying that the big difference, is that they can only narrowly conceptualize based off of what they see, feel, smell, hear, and taste. When they create, they're very rudimentary creations. The level of self-piloting in their conscious, is about equal to the level of sophistication of their creations. When humans evolved to the point of knowing that the possibilities were endless, that is when the brain took a huge leap forward in evolution.
Again, I'd suggest that google and scientific papers will show that many animals clearly DO have the ability to symbolize and to develop creative responses to their environment. I believe octopuses, parrots, and several other animals are capable of fairly high level thought.
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I am not discounting other animals ability to having varying degrees of conscious thoughts. I am saying that the big difference, is that they can only narrowly conceptualize based off of what they see, feel, smell, hear, and taste. When they create, they're very rudimentary creations. The level of self-piloting in their conscious, is about equal to the level of sophistication of their creations. When humans evolved to the point of knowing that the possibilities were endless, that is when the brain took a huge leap forward in evolution.
