Can dogs think in English?

[Bodhy]

A shower thought: Dogs can't talk, but they've become amazingly intelligent creatures by spending so much time with us. They understand words because they know what noises humans make denote or correspond to various objects and actions.


They can't vocalise a word, but can a dog have an actual thought in English? Or whatever language they've been reared in. What would their inner voice be like if they have one?

[LethalGunz34]

They certainly don’t think in Bodhy.

[Zoukero]

There is a psycology test for anymals.

Are they self aware?

Put an X in their head in a way that can only be seen via a mirror.
If the animal tries to rub the X, they are aware the reflection of the mirror is themself.
Cats dogs birds dont react to it. Their brain doesnt associate the image in the mirror as themself.
Elephants and misc try to rub the X.

Very very interesting that some cognitive functions were not part of some animal's evolution. Their brain is wired differently to humans.

What puzzles me is why humans evolved the capacity of such complicated abstract thinking. Why humans have capacity to understand maths physics specially when it gets so convoluted that it can only be understood through maths. Why do humand develop such skill in evolution. It is not there by change and it takes millions of years. Also I notice some people do not want to understand things in depth. They dont want to put the effort in it and some people are naturally attracted to it. Two types of people.

[Maestro]

[Zoukero]

Also children of western or african etchnicity behave diffrerently in front of a mirror suggesting different evolution traits based on race.