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Originally Posted by Darzog |
Ah, well, I've never heard of him.
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Originally Posted by Lestat On what do you base this? |
Observing other species in my free time. A flock of birds will stake out an area which they are presently occupying. They will defend it, yes. They will defend their nests. They do
not however attack and kill the squirrel who occupies the tree 20 feet away from their nest because it is within a certain radius of it's presence. Animals tolerate each other within a given area. I have yet to see a squirrel maul another animal for coming near the forest it lives in. However, humans have been known to throughout history kill any other species which comes near their food source.
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But the human could have been taught how to dress, how to communicate, how to play music, how to do maths, and to some degree, even after that little experiment of yours. Try to do that with the dog.
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Dogs don't need to dress themselves, and don't wolves howl at night for the simple fact they want to howl? This implies the ability to communicate for the simple reason they wish to communicate, does it not? Dogs may not be able to do accounting and trigonomitry, but they have no need for it, do they? They are capable of assessing a pack of animals and noting that the group has more numbers than the one dog and can reason out a course of action that is best for it's safety based on that. That...entails a basic reasoning ability, and the ability to count. This is all instinct, humans have to be taught.