echi wrote:Cyracuz wrote:fresco wrote:Seriously though there is little doubt that many aspects of what we call "intelligent behavior" seem to be present in the higher mammals, but to call it "reasoning" is another matter.
For all we know the mechanisms that provide the indication of intelligent behaviour in mammals are the same mechanisms that do so in humans. Maybe the only variable that separates us is the complexity of the different species. Dogs are less complex than primates, and humans more complex than any of them.
I'm not saying 'is' here, just 'may be'.
Maybe complexity is the only thing that separates a human from a clump of dirt.
Reality is a rainbow. It is only in our minds that reality appears to be a myriad of containers.
