> http://www.theonion.com/video/scientists-successfully-teach-gorilla-it-will-die,17165/ > > Brent
On the other hand: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=beCYGm1vMJ0 David ;-) On 6 May 2011 17:43, meekerdb <meeke...@verizon.net> wrote: > On 5/5/2011 11:18 PM, Russell Standish wrote: >> >> On Tue, May 03, 2011 at 03:31:50PM -0400, John Mikes wrote: >> >>> >>> Russell, >>> >>> this is my personal way of thinking in realization of the continual >>> epistemic enrichment what earlier authors missed. I do not vouch for >>> correctness of my ideas, they are like a level in an advancement I found >>> followable in view of the latest epistemic additions in a continuously >>> changing world(view). >>> Self-awareness is definitely at the level of human complexity. >>> >> >> There is evidence of self-awareness in a handful of other species, >> including most of the great apes, bottlenose dolphins and asian >> elephants. Many of these same species appear capable of developing >> rudimentary language capability. >> >> I would not be surprised to see a number of other species also show >> evidence of self-awareness in time - including some birds, and maybe >> even some cephalopods. However, I am also equally sure that most >> species are incapable of it - too many species fail the tests we pose >> of them. >> >> >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> Prof Russell Standish Phone 0425 253119 (mobile) >> Principal, High Performance Coders >> Visiting Professor of Mathematics hpco...@hpcoders.com.au >> University of New South Wales http://www.hpcoders.com.au >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> > > http://www.theonion.com/video/scientists-successfully-teach-gorilla-it-will-die,17165/ > > Brent > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Everything List" group. > To post to this group, send email to everything-list@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To post to this group, send email to everything-list@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list?hl=en.
