From: Jerry Bryson (jbryson@infionline.net)
Date: Tue 16 May 2006 - 19:30:34 GMT
On May 16, 2006, at 12:21 PM, Chris Lofting wrote:
>
> The development of a sense of 'self' allows for the emergence of finer
> forms
> of emotion DEPENDENT UPON that developed sense of self. New borns etc
> don't
> have it.
It's the sense of self I can't see as exclusive to homo saps. I know I
am aware of myself. I *think* you are, but I couldn't prove it to a
skeptical Martian, for either one of us. I suspect it's ingrained in
us to think others are self-aware. I may be different from many others
in that I think I sense it in animals, as well as humans. But my
grandson, @ 3 years, was thoroughly bummed when he found out animals
don't talk.
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