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Wed, 23 Feb 2011 01:53:34
Iga_Bobovic said:

Do you even know what self awareness means and what it implies?

How do you know your sheep are self aware? Because I work with animals is not an valid argument.




I fell for the rhetorical trap of defending a position that is not my own.  Self-aware or not no animal should be killed.  My reason is that they should not be killed because they have the capacity to feel pain.

In any case, my error for commenting on an issue I care about.  I'm checking out.

Edited: Wed, 23 Feb 2011 01:56:11

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Wed, 23 Feb 2011 02:12:49
Play nice the two of you.

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Wed, 23 Feb 2011 02:13:50

The obvious question to ask is that as a God/robot is Iga self-aware?

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Wed, 23 Feb 2011 02:15:04

I thought I was the only god around here. Remember? God of Trendy?  Is that too early 2010?

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Wed, 23 Feb 2011 02:36:52

Yes, but perhpas Dark Robio counts these days given that there's little evidence that he still exists! Sad

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Wed, 23 Feb 2011 07:18:37
aspro said:
Iga_Bobovic said:

Do you even know what self awareness means and what it implies?

How do you know your sheep are self aware? Because I work with animals is not an valid argument.





I fell for the rhetorical trap of defending a position that is not my own.  Self-aware or not no animal should be killed.  My reason is that they should not be killed because they have the capacity to feel pain.

In any case, my error for commenting on an issue I care about.  I'm checking out.

Yodariquo said:
Play nice the two of you.

Okay the post is edited! What happened?

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Wed, 23 Feb 2011 07:29:18
Yodariquo said:
There's an actual definition for self-awareness, and a method of testing for it -- it's called the Mirror Test
Animals that have passed the mirror test include: all of the great apes (bonobos, chimpanzees, orangutans, humans, and gorillas), rhesus macaques, bottlenose dolphins, orcas,  elephants, and European Magpies.
Of course, this doesn't work so great on bats.

Googled some animals I never heard from before.

rhesus macaques

Yep, self-aware and even with a Hrm face

European Magpies

Wow that is unexpected. A self aware bird? Holy shit

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Sat, 26 Feb 2011 07:05:19

Did this guy pass or fail the mirror test? I can't tell.

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