Are animals self aware?
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Are animals self aware?
PollAre animals self aware?
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Technically we are animals too. 
Certainly some of the more intelligent ones are. (IE chimps, dolphins, killer whales, Elephants, etc.)
Certainly some of the more intelligent ones are. (IE chimps, dolphins, killer whales, Elephants, etc.)
Originally Posted by Disturbed
Technically we are animals too.
Certainly some of the more intelligent ones are. (IE chimps, dolphins, killer whales, Elephants, etc.)
Certainly some of the more intelligent ones are. (IE chimps, dolphins, killer whales, Elephants, etc.)
the ones higher up on the intelligence scale i wouldnt doubt the fact that they are
Goldfishes no, monkeys maybe.
too an extent of understanding sounds...
Jesus says no so no.
Some yes, most no. The capacity to be self-aware doesn't have a clear defining line. Becoming self-aware is far more a spectrum, spectrum in which we've defined ourselves as max.
Originally Posted by Paroxysm
Some yes, most no. The capacity to be self-aware doesn't have a clear defining line. Becoming self-aware is far more a spectrum, spectrum in which we've defined ourselves as max.
Originally Posted by Dave84311
Depends on your definition of self-aware. It could be either way (some/most); We don't know what other animals are thinking or their reasons for action.
fishies aren't.
I'm pretty sure my dog is self aware
he thinks about what he does.. before he does it.
he thinks about what he does.. before he does it.
Consciousness of mortality is probably a huge step after self awareness.
They are conscious and adaptive, thus, they are self aware.
I can't say for sure but I believe that at the very least for some animals it has been said that they have some form of awareness of their being or something? As for the majority of animals I'm convinced they don't even have anything near the capacity required to gain self-awareness or self-consciousness.