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A hypothesis about consciousness
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RE: A hypothesis about consciousness
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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.
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A hypothesis about consciousness - by Won2blv - February 11, 2017 at 2:05 am
RE: A hypothesis about consciousness - by ignoramus - February 11, 2017 at 3:17 am
RE: A hypothesis about consciousness - by bennyboy - February 11, 2017 at 5:05 am
RE: A hypothesis about consciousness - by Won2blv - February 11, 2017 at 12:03 pm
RE: A hypothesis about consciousness - by bennyboy - February 11, 2017 at 4:19 pm
RE: A hypothesis about consciousness - by Won2blv - February 11, 2017 at 8:10 pm
RE: A hypothesis about consciousness - by chimp3 - February 11, 2017 at 8:46 am
RE: A hypothesis about consciousness - by The Grand Nudger - February 11, 2017 at 8:17 pm
RE: A hypothesis about consciousness - by emjay - February 11, 2017 at 8:32 pm
RE: A hypothesis about consciousness - by Won2blv - February 12, 2017 at 3:32 pm
RE: A hypothesis about consciousness - by emjay - February 12, 2017 at 7:00 pm
RE: A hypothesis about consciousness - by Won2blv - February 12, 2017 at 9:31 pm
RE: A hypothesis about consciousness - by The Grand Nudger - February 12, 2017 at 7:40 pm

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