ilya Posted March 29, 2009 Share Posted March 29, 2009 If you do not care about this topic, DON'T post saying you don't care. We don't care that you don't care. Don't waste forums space. Do you think other life forms besides humans are aware that they are living/ going to die? Do they control their actions or just act purely on instinct? Do they realize that they are making decisions (even subconsciously)? I think bacteria just lives to reproduce, there isn't much going on there. What about dogs and cats? Or even monkeys? When a monkey looks in the mirror it realizes that it's there but a dog doesn't. Also depending on how you look at it, one could argue that humans act on their instincts only. A lot of big questions, so discuss. P.S. I recommend you all add AngryJoe to your ignore list, as he's a sad 12 year old looking for attention. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deathdrow Posted March 29, 2009 Share Posted March 29, 2009 I do believe they are. my cats respond to eachother, and respond to us, realize when something is wrong, realize when we're gone, and get up and wait for us when we're usually back. at my dad's house the cats seem to know whenever he gets home, and they always get up and go wait by the door when he's ten minutes from being home. I do believe the more intelligent animals react, and are aware of what's going on around them, and know what's happening. the less intelligent ones are just stupid, and you can tell they're stupid. And, think* existence* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilya Posted March 29, 2009 Author Share Posted March 29, 2009 probably not. i dont really care You're such a troll. Always trying to get the first post and what you say never has any value. If you don't care about the subject, don't post here. Idiot. I do believe they are. my cats respond to eachother, and respond to us, realize when something is wrong, realize when we're gone, and get up and wait for us when we're usually back. at my dad's house the cats seem to know whenever he gets home, and they always get up and go wait by the door when he's ten minutes from being home. I do believe the more intelligent animals react, and are aware of what's going on around them, and know what's happening. the less intelligent ones are just stupid, and you can tell they're stupid. And, think* That's interesting, I wonder what we would find out if animals could communicate with us (that is IF they are intelligent). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walka92 Posted March 29, 2009 Share Posted March 29, 2009 not all animals would. some are just too simple for anything but live, eat, reproduce. some more complex animals though, i wouldnt be sure I'm gonna be walking down an alley in varrock, and walka is going to walk up to me in a trench coat and say "psst.. hey man, wanna buy some sara brew"walka92- retired with 99 in attack, strength, defence, health, magic, ranged, prayer and herblore and 137 combat. some day i may return to claim 138 combat, but alas, that time has not yet come Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maleficus1055 Posted March 29, 2009 Share Posted March 29, 2009 Fix your title, it makes no sense. Not gonna say any more, this topic is of no interest to me. Tumblr. Follow me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim_Finch Posted March 29, 2009 Share Posted March 29, 2009 I doubt it, at least for the less intelligent life forms. Maybe they're capable of being aware, but they just don't pay heed to it. More advanced animals such as primates, I bet they might, but then again I know nothing about this stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riku3220 Posted March 29, 2009 Share Posted March 29, 2009 Everytime some reality TV show comes on I think that an animal's inteligence could actually surpass some humans... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angryjoe Posted March 29, 2009 Share Posted March 29, 2009 Everytime some reality TV show comes on I think that an animal's inteligence could actually surpass some humans... but then you turn round to look at your dog eating its own [cabbage]... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim_Finch Posted March 29, 2009 Share Posted March 29, 2009 But the dog doesn't broadcast his fecal frenzy across millions of televisions for other dogs to see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angryjoe Posted March 29, 2009 Share Posted March 29, 2009 well he wouldn't know better if he had? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilya Posted March 29, 2009 Author Share Posted March 29, 2009 Everytime some reality TV show comes on I think that an animal's inteligence could actually surpass some humans... but then you turn round to look at your dog eating its own [cabbage]... Just because something is not acceptable in our society doesn't mean it's all that wrong. Dog tend to not process their food very well, so by eating their own scat they're getting extra nutritions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riku3220 Posted March 29, 2009 Share Posted March 29, 2009 Everytime some reality TV show comes on I think that an animal's inteligence could actually surpass some humans... but then you turn round to look at your dog eating its own [cabbage]... Atleast he's cleaning up after himself! \ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angryjoe Posted March 29, 2009 Share Posted March 29, 2009 not good enough Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cha0sx Posted March 29, 2009 Share Posted March 29, 2009 Maybe some of the smartest like monkeys, orangutans, gorillas and the like can understand and memorize some things, but not even close to the level of humans. Our intelligence is unparalleled by any living being found on this planet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dizzle229 Posted March 29, 2009 Share Posted March 29, 2009 Two trolls in this thread so far. Can we try for 10 by the ned of the weekend? To unspam: I think that primates are intelligent, and some others are, but not many. Sometimes intelligence gets confused with instinct though. Maybe some of the smartest like monkeys, orangutans, gorillas and the like can understand and memorize some things, but not even close to the level of humans. Our intelligence is unparalleled by any living being found on this planet. Sometimes I wonder :roll: Get back here so I can rub your butt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pureprayer Posted March 29, 2009 Share Posted March 29, 2009 Maybe some of the smartest like monkeys, orangutans, gorillas and the like can understand and memorize some things, but not even close to the level of humans. Our intelligence is unparalleled by any living being found on this planet. I have to call your opinion biased. "Were white so we are unparalleled by any other skin color." Pureprayer, you're awesome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michel555555 Posted March 29, 2009 Share Posted March 29, 2009 if you don't think animals are intelligent you've never seen my dog. theres no fence that can hold the big guy. every time we fix a hole he finds a new one and one time we redid the fence arount the entire yard and went in for coffee. as soon as we came back outside he was just sitting there on the other side of the fence looking at the door. [spoiler=click you know you wanna]Me behave? Seriously? As a child I saw Tarzan almost naked, Cinderella arrived home from a party after midnight, Pinocchio told lies, Aladin was a thief, Batman drove over 200 miles an hour, Snow White lived in a house with seven men, Popeye smoked a pipe and had tattoos, Pac man ran around to digital music while eating pills that enhanced his performance, and Shaggy and Scooby were mystery solving hippies who always had the munchies. The fault is not mine! if you had this childhood and loved it put this in your signature! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
warri0r45 Posted March 29, 2009 Share Posted March 29, 2009 Being so advanced, we often think of ourselves as the most intelligent species to ever walk the planet. Although I think this is true, there is an awful lot of anthropocentrism to it as well. Some higher-order animals are pretty intelligent, especially the other great apes like chimpanzees: [1][2][3] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angryjoe Posted March 29, 2009 Share Posted March 29, 2009 if you don't think animals are intelligent you've never seen my dog. theres no fence that can hold the big guy. every time we fix a hole he finds a new one and one time we redid the fence arount the entire yard and went in for coffee. as soon as we came back outside he was just sitting there on the other side of the fence looking at the door. i would tie the bastard up :thumbup: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michel555555 Posted March 29, 2009 Share Posted March 29, 2009 if you don't think animals are intelligent you've never seen my dog. theres no fence that can hold the big guy. every time we fix a hole he finds a new one and one time we redid the fence arount the entire yard and went in for coffee. as soon as we came back outside he was just sitting there on the other side of the fence looking at the door. i would tie the bastard up :thumbup: hes a biiiigggg dog broke his last two leashes and i'm not sure how yet but a chain as well [spoiler=click you know you wanna]Me behave? Seriously? As a child I saw Tarzan almost naked, Cinderella arrived home from a party after midnight, Pinocchio told lies, Aladin was a thief, Batman drove over 200 miles an hour, Snow White lived in a house with seven men, Popeye smoked a pipe and had tattoos, Pac man ran around to digital music while eating pills that enhanced his performance, and Shaggy and Scooby were mystery solving hippies who always had the munchies. The fault is not mine! if you had this childhood and loved it put this in your signature! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angryjoe Posted March 29, 2009 Share Posted March 29, 2009 keep it in a cage then Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cha0sx Posted March 29, 2009 Share Posted March 29, 2009 Maybe some of the smartest like monkeys, orangutans, gorillas and the like can understand and memorize some things, but not even close to the level of humans. Our intelligence is unparalleled by any living being found on this planet. I have to call your opinion biased. "Were white so we are unparalleled by any other skin color." How does skin color have anything to do with what I said? Are you just trying to start arguments with your ignorance? I am not a troll if anyone believes so, I am stating my opinion as everybody else is going to do :wall: Why are you people such idiots -.- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pureprayer Posted March 29, 2009 Share Posted March 29, 2009 Maybe some of the smartest like monkeys, orangutans, gorillas and the like can understand and memorize some things, but not even close to the level of humans. Our intelligence is unparalleled by any living being found on this planet. I have to call your opinion biased. "Were white so we are unparalleled by any other skin color." How does skin color have anything to do with what I said? Are you just trying to start arguments with your ignorance? I am not a troll if anyone believes so, I am stating my opinion as everybody else is going to do :wall: It is just that your assuming animals are not close at all to humans as other racist people do with other races. Sorry its late where I live. Pureprayer, you're awesome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cha0sx Posted March 29, 2009 Share Posted March 29, 2009 Maybe some of the smartest like monkeys, orangutans, gorillas and the like can understand and memorize some things, but not even close to the level of humans. Our intelligence is unparalleled by any living being found on this planet. I have to call your opinion biased. "Were white so we are unparalleled by any other skin color." How does skin color have anything to do with what I said? Are you just trying to start arguments with your ignorance? I am not a troll if anyone believes so, I am stating my opinion as everybody else is going to do :wall: It is just that your assuming animals are not close at all to humans as other racist people do with other races. Sorry its late where I live. Because they aren't depending on the way you define intelligence.... :wall: Other animals just don't have even close to our type of intelligence basically There is no big difference between the human population, there is very little genetic variability in humans compared to a lot of other animals, so there is really no such thing as 'races' that are very different, just slightly different features. "Sorry it's late where I live" Typical excuse for bs, I've seen this a bunch of times Besides, you don't know what race I am, so don't judge :roll: Don't use your ridiculous logic to compare me to a racist Sorry man I should have never said I was smarter than an amoeba, I'm a specist :cry: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zierro Posted March 29, 2009 Share Posted March 29, 2009 We're a lot more capable than animals. We can build structures such as pyramids, we can communicate more freely with things such as the internet, we can invent things such as the light bulb, we can organize complicated systems such as governments, we can have abstract discussions such as debating how intelligent animals are. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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