It has been said, some time ago, - that the difference between man, the human being, - and animals, - is his ability to create tools. (And use them)
- Later I believe this idea has been dropped.
- I think after chimpanzees have been observed making a simple tool.
- Now, I think, - it is thought man is different in his ability to think. I do say, - if a dog is able to find his way back home in a neighbourhood it knows this inevitably reflects thinking processes.
- So obviously thinking processes exist in other beings too.
- Therefore, - what is the difference? - Man is able to disconnect himself from a situation he is in. - Man is able to think not only as a natural process involved in the situation he is in at the moment but also to stop and have things run independently in his “mind” not in real time.
- To consider a situation not only while it’s running as an outcome of the stimulus coming through right then but to think of it in a way similar to watching a movie filmed earlier or seeing a view in a mirror. - To bring up things relating to the past or future as off the computer’s hard disc and relate to them then in a way similar to the way of thought in real time.
- This is the difference. Animals are unable to do that. They are slaves of the present moment.
So far.
- Later I believe this idea has been dropped.
- I think after chimpanzees have been observed making a simple tool.
- Now, I think, - it is thought man is different in his ability to think. I do say, - if a dog is able to find his way back home in a neighbourhood it knows this inevitably reflects thinking processes.
- So obviously thinking processes exist in other beings too.
- Therefore, - what is the difference? - Man is able to disconnect himself from a situation he is in. - Man is able to think not only as a natural process involved in the situation he is in at the moment but also to stop and have things run independently in his “mind” not in real time.
- To consider a situation not only while it’s running as an outcome of the stimulus coming through right then but to think of it in a way similar to watching a movie filmed earlier or seeing a view in a mirror. - To bring up things relating to the past or future as off the computer’s hard disc and relate to them then in a way similar to the way of thought in real time.
- This is the difference. Animals are unable to do that. They are slaves of the present moment.
So far.
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