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<blockquote data-quote="Grayson" data-source="post: 43819" data-attributes="member: 18"><p>I couldn't agree with you more. Consciousness is not exclusively a human thing. It is a human word for a condition of being that we struggle to determine to our satisfaction. If 'I think therefore I am' is the absolute measure of this state then we must ascribe consciousness to Dolphins, Gorillas, Elephants and Chimps at the very least as we know that they all think. We can measure this by their capacity to problem solve, to co-operate and by their familial interactions. Dolphins and Chimps are quite possibly capable of acts of self determination that have been regarded as the exclusive domain of man. It beggars belief that we do not see these animals for what they are, sentient <em>and</em> self aware.</p><p></p><p>We have come an extremely long way this last 10,000 years. Who is to say that if man were reduced to a shadow of his current population by some virus that in 10,000 years we may be the second or third most important creature on the planet. I personally think that Dolphins'd do a better job as guardians of our world.</p><p></p><p>Cognitive thought, the capacity to determine to think is not exclusive to our brains. We just got there faster than anyone else and made the most of our opposable thumbs. God help us when the Dolphins break out the waldo's.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Grayson, post: 43819, member: 18"] I couldn't agree with you more. Consciousness is not exclusively a human thing. It is a human word for a condition of being that we struggle to determine to our satisfaction. If 'I think therefore I am' is the absolute measure of this state then we must ascribe consciousness to Dolphins, Gorillas, Elephants and Chimps at the very least as we know that they all think. We can measure this by their capacity to problem solve, to co-operate and by their familial interactions. Dolphins and Chimps are quite possibly capable of acts of self determination that have been regarded as the exclusive domain of man. It beggars belief that we do not see these animals for what they are, sentient [I]and[/I] self aware. We have come an extremely long way this last 10,000 years. Who is to say that if man were reduced to a shadow of his current population by some virus that in 10,000 years we may be the second or third most important creature on the planet. I personally think that Dolphins'd do a better job as guardians of our world. Cognitive thought, the capacity to determine to think is not exclusive to our brains. We just got there faster than anyone else and made the most of our opposable thumbs. God help us when the Dolphins break out the waldo's. [/QUOTE]
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