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Non-Human Self awareness
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Relevant to our recent discussion about books Echopraxia and Blindsight.
It appears that self awareness is indeed good and necessary.

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Phys.org article
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(06-17-2015, 03:50 AM)Dalex Wrote: Phys.org article

"The finding suggests that any animal that can simulate environments must have a form of self-awareness. ... The study's key insight is that those animals capable of simulating their future actions must be able to distinguish between their imagined actions and those that are actually experienced."

That's what I was trying to say, but I used less smarter words. Smile
Mike Miller, Materials Engineer
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