Science: Animals and Awareness - Newsweek Periscope - MSNBC.com: "The trouble is, increasingly, scientists are finding that the theory doesn't always match the data. Creatures that don't have brains built for self-awareness (at least as we know it) have recently passed the mirror test. Other animals that strike out show signs of self-awareness in the wild. And still others seem to be 'semi-self-aware' they don't quite pass, but they don't quite fail, either. 'People have always looked at self-awareness as very black and white, something you either have or you don't,' says primatologist Franz de Waal. 'But it's incredibly hard to define.'"
No shit sherlock. It is like trying to judge how smart someone is: impossible in reality.
No shit sherlock. It is like trying to judge how smart someone is: impossible in reality.
