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Originally Posted by Brother of Yeshua
As far as animals being more repetitive than humans........have you looked at the way people live? Work, eat, sleep, tv, eat, work, sleep, poop, work, sleep, work, sleep. People who come home and drink/smoke/whatever every night. People who habitually do just about anything. We're all creatures of habit.
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I'm quoting this to bring up a point I have thought about. I ofter wonder, if there is by some chance another earth like planet with people on it that have been around as long as us will you find the same things? We like to think we are so different but maybe the stuff we do is natural for humans. You might discover that you would find cars, houses, street, and many other things just like on this world. It may just be a part of human nature as complex as we seem.
I think some animals like insects mostly just work mindlessly. Others I would say are a bit more complex. For example, you can observe just by looking a certain animals that they dream. They go into REM and sometimes even act out in their sleep. To me that would suggest they are "thinking" about something. Most likely just in images but that's still something. They can't think with words like we do though because there is no language. Who knows, they could be dreaming about words in a way. Perhaps a pet is dreaming about its life in the house and it's owner talks to it. I'm going to compare it to a child that can't talk because it's the only example I can think of. A baby is not thinking with words yet but it does have a thought process. A baby will wonder about things but until it learns language can't communicate the same way we do. I think it's possible that certain animals in some way question things or have complex thoughts they can't communicate.
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