Interesting stuff. It always strikes me as funny that scientist seem
surprised to find self awareness in non human species. Anybody who
spends time around animals of any sort knows that they show levels of
awareness and consciousness that speak volumes. My guess is that we
don't find it more because we don't know how to look. Most interesting
to me though is the fact that all of these tests of self awareness are
based on a specific kind of self awareness. It is visual self awareness,
recognizing oneself in a mirror reflection. Certainly there are other
ways of recognizing oneself. What about tests for something like
auditory or olfactory self awareness? If we could get away from our own
biases toward the visual, we might find much more to marvel at.
Jim Lee
Kim Cascone wrote:
> thought the birders might find this interesting:
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7570291.stm
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