Animals are aware of themselves!

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Animals are aware of themselves!

Raoul — 8/9/2008 8:26:37 AM (archived)

If they get hurt, they'll show it.

Emotions and self-awareness are shared among animals.

We humans use language but that doesn't mean we have a consciousness and they don't.

Our language prevents us from understanding other animals but the non-verbal communication is more effective.

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IEEE Spectrum Articles on "The Singularity" - phil - 8/7/2008 2:32:28 PM
- Rodney Brooks, MIT, discusses the future, 2007 - JEKing - 8/9/2008 2:07:43 AM
- Uploading is copying, not transfering - Raoul - 8/8/2008 7:58:54 AM
  - It is difficult to say - FrankC - 8/8/2008 1:59:32 PM
    - Still - Lee - 8/8/2008 4:20:52 PM
      - Actually, Goldfish DO have long-term memory. - nick hoffman - 8/10/2008 10:24:02 AM
        
        re: Actually, Goldfish DO have long-term memory. - alcaray - 8/10/2008 5:16:19 PM
      - That does not follow. - alcaray - 8/8/2008 9:35:09 PM
        
        I'm not saying I know. - Lee - 8/8/2008 10:24:31 PM
        
        I think Occum's Razor... - alcaray - 8/9/2008 12:01:53 AM
        
        re: I think Occum's Razor... - Marcia - 8/9/2008 6:02:44 AM
        
        very well said marcia ;) (n/t) - lance - 8/10/2008 6:20:28 PM
        
        Honestly, I doubt... - alcaray - 8/9/2008 7:31:09 AM
  - What is consciousness? - Lee - 8/8/2008 11:57:13 AM
    - re: What is consciousness? - JEKing - 8/8/2008 6:06:26 PM
    - We are what we remember - Raoul - 8/8/2008 5:43:14 PM
      - re: We are what we remember. - It is more than that, it's called 'self awareness'. (n/t) - Marcia - 8/9/2008 6:25:04 AM
        
        Animals are aware of themselves! - Raoul - 8/9/2008 8:26:37 AM
        
        sentient - FrankC - 8/9/2008 6:06:33 PM
        
        Among animals - Raoul - 8/10/2008 1:42:35 PM
        
        Smaller... - Adam - 8/13/2008 8:34:02 AM
        
        awareness and self-awareness are relative simple emergent qualities of intelligence - Sawyer - 8/10/2008 12:35:18 AM
        
        re: awareness of our insignificance.... - Raoul - 8/10/2008 1:52:45 PM
        
        typo-Marcia of course (n/t) - FrankC - 8/9/2008 6:08:27 PM
      - It's more than that. - Lee - 8/8/2008 6:14:31 PM
- artilects, etc. - JEKing - 8/7/2008 10:05:48 PM
- I wish they would hurry - FrankC - 8/7/2008 6:34:09 PM
- That's really quite amazing. - Bowser - 8/7/2008 4:47:02 PM
  - re: That's really quite amazing. - lance - 8/10/2008 4:50:46 PM

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