How aware do you think animals are?

[bellanor]

Animal conciousness/awareness, to what level? Like humans as being really self aware, and animals mainly instinctual.
I know the science on conciousness in general is limited, but what have you noticed in pets that seem like conscious thoughts?


Dogs seem to have a legit sense of humour. I have even seen a cat sperm on itself while lazily laying down.

Serious thread.

[Titansfan08]

My gf's dog is smart as shiit. He freaks me out sometimes like he knows whats going on. He will go and hump the pillow out in the living room when im banging my gf.

[KaeAble]

Animal conciousness/awareness, to what level? Like humans as being really self aware, and animals mainly instinctual.
I know the science on conciousness in general is limited, but what have you noticed in pets that seem like conscious thoughts?


Dogs seem to have a legit sense of humour. I have even seen a cat sperm on itself while lazily laying down.

Serious thread.

the cat spermed on itself coz it was thinking what a dirty sloot u are.

not srs, i think all animal have conscious mind my dog always looks in the mirror, mirin his aesthetics

[rnod]

idk, i came home and my dog had on a Bert shirt so I think he is definitely aware

[AniMaLizTik]

in b4 37 pages.

but yeah, animals are self aware and they know whats going on. the only difference between us and them is the depth of their problem solving skills and over all complexity of thought.

i.e. a dog trying to figure out how a car operates is like us trying to figure out the mysteries of the universe. Our minds just cant wrap around it.

[Mahone90]

damn i miss prison break

[brah123]

I reckon animals are very aware, in fact I saw a dog miscing on the bus the other day

[AniMaLizTik]

My gf's dog is smart as shiit. He freaks me out sometimes like he knows whats going on. He will go and hump the pillow out in the living room when im banging my gf.

hes smelling your gfs swolen, moist vag and its reminding him of when she lets him lick her. srs

[MartinFultz]

Very interesting topic OP srs



I remember reading awhile ago (not sure source and on phone so fk finding it hehe) about how they teach gorillas sign language, and they can learn it good as **** and people can even ask them questions and they can reply. Which that blew my mind, but with all the gorillas that can use sign language, they have never thought to ask a person a question...

[Titansfan08]

hes smelling your gfs swolen, moist vag and its reminding him of when she lets him lick her. srs

Wow that's makes sense to me now. Brb calling and breaking up with gf, thanks bro.

[golovalastik]

human are animal so animal are as self aware as human are holy **** mind blown much am i right

[Dasitmanlet]

Sorry, a topic widely discussed in bloth neurobiology and philosophy, first REALLY pointed out by René Descartes (famous quote: she wants the D), should not be involved in a post with the words "srs thread" if the reasoning involves subjective personal experiences/interpretations of pets.

[MortyMars]

I've had cats that seemed emotionally and intellectually aware I'm sure the same goes for dogs and lots of other animals.

[stevedarsh]

I think about this sometimes and I have a hard time comprehending it. Our consciousness is built upon language; I think in English and back when I was trying to learn Spanish I would think in Spanish. How does the consciousness of animals work without language? Do they think in pictures? Do they build a vocabulary for themselves? I have a hard time picturing it.

[k1ckstand]

My account got banned because my cat made an account on here without me knowing, and the same IP address made it look like I had multiple accounts. Glad I got that sorted out.

[bellanor]

I don't think humans are completely self aware either, like there is potential that we have limited understanding of their awareness because of our unawareness?

They definitely feel things, like those instinctual things, but I reckon they think about it<--- like I know my dog makes the decision to **** off for hours at the beach because they know I will wait- thinking something like 'I am in trouble but who cares, hmmm maybe soon I am getting hungry'.

Sorry, a topic widely discussed in bloth neurobiology and philosophy, first REALLY pointed out by René Descartes (famous quote: she wants the D), should not be involved in a post with the words "srs thread" if the reasoning involves subjective personal experiences/interpretations of pets.

Lol, I think therefore I am, bull**** justification for absolving moral concious so one could feel better about banging their mother? It is widely discussed that it is 'not' understood, scientific method is limited ya twist, good reason for further discussion. Repped

[LordMU]

damn i miss prison break

strong username to post ratio.

[Quibble]

More aware than you.

[Anhac]

hes smelling your gfs swolen, moist vag and its reminding him of when she lets him lick her. srs

[bellanor]

More aware than you.

mte

[Lawson45]

Animal conciousness/awareness, to what level? Like humans as being really self aware, and animals mainly instinctual.
I know the science on conciousness in general is limited, but what have you noticed in pets that seem like conscious thoughts?


Dogs seem to have a legit sense of humour. I have even seen a cat sperm on itself while lazily laying down.

Serious thread.

u cat did wot m8??

































i think dogs are self aware to a certain extent. have seen dogs fart and look at you like "you smell dat chit breh?" of course dogs chit and look at you while chitting knowing that youre gonna pick it up "mmm yeah heres my chocolate drops for you bossman, yeah you like it, yeahhh"

dogs are GOAT domesticated animal

[Ultraviolence]

I reckon animals are very aware, in fact I saw a dog miscing on the bus the other day

I can confirm I am doge.

[Bella518]

My dog does plenty of funny things but not sure that funny=Self aware

For example, he grabs things he's not allowed to and comes and shows them to me so I can follow him and pay attention to him.

He doesnt like it when I talk on the phone, he knows I'm talking to someone else and not paying attention to him, he starts growling and biting my toes. Everytime my phone rings he gets hyper lmao

If he's sleeping next to me and I start tossing and turning, he gets up, looks at me with this "what is wrong with you" look in his face and goes away to lay on his bed lol

[bellanor]

u cat did wot m8??

i think dogs are self aware to a certain extent. have seen dogs fart and look at you like "you smell dat chit breh?" of course dogs chit and look at you while chitting knowing that youre gonna pick it up "mmm yeah heres my chocolate drops for you bossman, yeah you like it, yeahhh"

dogs are GOAT domesticated animal

Spermed, was on it's back and did it on its tummy and licked it up.
Every time I laugh hysterically my dog goes and grabs a toy and runs around in circles in front of me. I swear he is trying to be funny.

My dog does plenty of funny things but not sure that funny=Self aware

I dunno, not like, entirely self aware, just I think maybe more than we assume?

[Dasitmanlet]

I don't think humans are completely self aware either, like there is potential that we have limited understanding of their awareness because of our unawareness?

They definitely feel things, like those instinctual things, but I reckon they think about it<--- like I know my dog makes the decision to **** off for hours at the beach because they know I will wait- thinking something like 'I am in trouble but who cares, hmmm maybe soon I am getting hungry'.



Lol, I think therefore I am, bull**** justification for absolving moral concious so one could feel better about banging their mother? It is widely discussed that it is 'not' understood, scientific method is limited ya twist, good reason for further discussion. Repped

Scientific method concerning a mind as simple as the one of a car or a dog (mentioned often here) is progressed far enough to say, they not aware, they react / unconsciously learn, but there s no decision making aparts from drives/ instincts (dont care what u call it, dependig on ur native language or background, you can just say "everything that s not in words, which leads me to..)

Homo sapiens development of language in order to construct complex thought structure (some even argue u cant think without language), is a **** load better than anything else (dolphins wales, certain apes etc). And if humans are aware, i mean, some aint, are they...

[rogerdavid]

Dolphins and whales are probably the most aware animals out there. They're smart as fk. Brb empathy, saves people from sharks, saves dogs, learns fast and everything else. Scientists even believe they could be as smart or even smarter than us. If they had hands they could probably build an underwater city.

[LinuxJon]

[bellanor]

And if humans are aware, i mean, some aint, are they...

Was looking at it as a scale rather than absolute. Semantics, I dunno

Dolphins and whales are probably the most aware animals out there. They're smart as fk. Brb empathy, saves people from sharks, saves dogs, learns fast and everything else. Scientists even believe they could be as smart or even smarter than us. If they had hands they could probably build an underwater city.

Didn't even think of empathy, that is out of it.

[Bella518]

I dunno, not like, entirely self aware, just I think maybe more than we assume?

I dont think so. Theyre smart and funny yes. But self aware? Like "I know I'm a dog and you're a human" no.

Everything my dog does is mainly instincts.

They're concious obviously at some level. But not self aware.

[MissChill]

They just don't have the chit stream of thoughts we call self and therefore operate out of pure consciousness. As we would without the non stop mind stories I reckon.

Edit: Deep thread bellanor I like it.