TheBigBrother@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 3 months agoDo you think animals have thoughts? Are they capable of hearing that little voice that we humans have in our heads?message-squaremessage-square127fedilinkarrow-up1100arrow-down19file-text
arrow-up191arrow-down1message-squareDo you think animals have thoughts? Are they capable of hearing that little voice that we humans have in our heads?TheBigBrother@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 3 months agomessage-square127fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareSanctus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·3 months agoI would say all living things have some form of thought and consciousness. Even those that lack brains like plants.
minus-squarelemmy_99c4zb3e3@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 months ago Even those that lack brains like plants. Having a nervous system definitely does not mean being conscious. Even people are often unconscious. Sleep, narcosis, etc. But it also depends on the definition of consciousness of course.
I would say all living things have some form of thought and consciousness. Even those that lack brains like plants.
Having a nervous system definitely does not mean being conscious. Even people are often unconscious. Sleep, narcosis, etc. But it also depends on the definition of consciousness of course.