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- scarabin0
apparently the presence of "spindle neurons" in an animal denotes their having a concept of self. consciousness.
it's primarily found in whales and dolphins.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spi…
damn straight we are not alone
- *can denotescarabin
- and in elephants :) lovely. somehow we already knew this right? ;)sea_sea
- awesome. wouldnt 'theory of mind' be what that is? eg, some autistic children who have no theory of mind...Hombre_Lobo
- assume that everyone knows what they know, and what they dont know no one else knows, because they have no theory of mindHombre_Lobo
- mind.
...Ahh that wiki article makes mention of autism. interesting stuff dude! :)Hombre_Lobo