Author Topic: Can animals think? (Read 2686 times)

« **Reply #15 on:** February 20, 2003, 11:05:59 PM »

i do beleive that animals can think ( and in some cases better than humans)

« **Reply #16 on:** February 21, 2003, 12:26:05 AM »

weeee! what about dolphins? they say that their brains are almost the same as ours! can they think?! I think they can. (pun intended

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« **Reply #17 on:** February 21, 2003, 04:31:33 AM »

Sure, they can. Not at our levels, but they do.

Kurt Angle · « **Reply #18 on:** February 21, 2003, 05:30:44 AM »

I know one thing, my dog is very intelligent and seems to understand certain conversations. I have also seen tv documentaries where experiments have been carried out to test animals intelligence. One test involved an octopuss that learned to unscrew the lid off a glass jar to get at some food.

« **Reply #19 on:** February 21, 2003, 05:36:00 AM »

Animals react on an instinct and as time goes on, with more interactions with humans they become less skittish. They have a brain and can think as far as their intellect will allow them. They communicate through sound as we do but it is less complex as their lives are less complex. I guess the truth of the matter is that we as humans may never really know what they think. The only people that truly believe that animals can think as humans do are those from PETA. They are one heck of a sad bunch of peeps.

Bobs_Hardware · « **Reply #20 on:** February 21, 2003, 06:01:46 AM »

Koko the monkey can comunicate with sign language!

Yeah.. koko.. that chimps alright.

« **Reply #21 on:** February 21, 2003, 06:03:09 AM »

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Originally posted by Bobs_Hardware
Koko the monkey can comunicate with sign language!

Yeah.. koko.. that chimps alright.

Yeah, and my dog Chipper could answer to the word sit...

« **Reply #22 on:** February 21, 2003, 06:05:37 AM »

its not a question of whether animals can think or not

it\'s if they are conscious of themselves

sure, it\'s any being\'s instinct to eat, shit, sleep, but are animals self aware?

§ôµÏG®ïñD · « **Reply #23 on:** February 21, 2003, 06:27:55 AM »

I’d say so, some animals see themselves in the mirror and know exactly that they\'re looking at themselves... others do not.

Personaly, i think anything with a brain has some idea of thought.

http://ar.vegnews.org/self_aware.html <---- Answer.

Bobs_Hardware · « **Reply #24 on:** February 21, 2003, 06:29:50 AM »

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Originally posted by §ôµÏG®ïñD
Personaly, i think anything with a brain has some idea of thought.

What about Titan?

« **Reply #25 on:** February 21, 2003, 09:28:45 AM »

Sometimes I think my dog is the most intelligent member of my family. So yes, animals can think.

« **Reply #26 on:** February 21, 2003, 09:32:07 AM »

That is not saying much for your family man.

« **Reply #27 on:** February 21, 2003, 09:34:03 AM »

Nope. It\'s just saying a lot for my dog

« **Reply #28 on:** February 21, 2003, 12:49:18 PM »

I believe they can think...

How else would they do what they wanted to do? I mean, its pretty unbelieveable saying their minds are controlled, without them even thinking, a bit one sided i think.

Explain to me how can a dog rescue a drowning person from ice cold water, without thinking?

Kurt Angle · « **Reply #29 on:** February 21, 2003, 01:08:58 PM »

How can Vid\'s dog masturbate without thinking?

Hello

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