Animal level +1
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The ability to think about the thinking of others, the ability to realize the presence of a different consciousness and other feelings in another individual - for a long time these qualities were attributed solely to the person, well, or to every chimpanzee and orangutans with gorillas. However, it seems that this property of the psyche is to some extent present in other animals. Which one - the answer was not easy ...
In nature, there are four levels - obviously, it is inanimate, vegetative, animal, and human. *
The difference between the first three is obvious, while between an animal and a man in my present state it is more difficult to trace - yes, a person seems to be not so limited by space and time, except for the innate program of behavior I have what is called the mind, as well as a feeling freedom of choice of my actions, but, the more critical I look at all these human qualities, the less they have a real basis and the more a person looks like an animal, only very strongly developed.
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Well, for example, a sense of freedom of choice.
I wake up in the morning and choose which of my desires for me to fill: to go to work or not to go. Not to go is nice, but then I won’t get paid and will suffer. To go is unpleasant, but then I will have something to get from the fridge and what to go to the movies for a new film by Tim Burton. So I get up and go. Well, or vice versa - depending on what I rated as more pleasant - to bask in bed or remain without means of subsistence.
Or I am a girl, now it is evening, candles, etc. I sit in front of a piece of cake and I think whether to eat it or not. Option A: to eat is nice, but I will look bad and will not like anyone, including myself. Option B - do not eat a cake, for this you have to suffer, but my reward is a good appearance. I choose what is more important to me. I would not eat, for example (if I were a girl).
This is a trivial calculation - I “choose”, preferring more pleasure to less, or at least less suffering to more, and I cannot choose the opposite, because the desire to enjoy is my nature . And the mind does the calculation.
What qualities should have the next level after our animal? What is really my free choice?
To this topic:
* Description of each level can be read here .
The ability to think about the thinking of others, the ability to realize the presence of a different consciousness and other feelings in another individual - for a long time these qualities were attributed solely to the person, well, or to every chimpanzee and orangutans with gorillas. However, it seems that this property of the psyche is to some extent present in other animals. Which one - the answer was not easy ...
In nature, there are four levels - obviously, it is inanimate, vegetative, animal, and human. *
The difference between the first three is obvious, while between an animal and a man in my present state it is more difficult to trace - yes, a person seems to be not so limited by space and time, except for the innate program of behavior I have what is called the mind, as well as a feeling freedom of choice of my actions, but, the more critical I look at all these human qualities, the less they have a real basis and the more a person looks like an animal, only very strongly developed.
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Well, for example, a sense of freedom of choice.
I wake up in the morning and choose which of my desires for me to fill: to go to work or not to go. Not to go is nice, but then I won’t get paid and will suffer. To go is unpleasant, but then I will have something to get from the fridge and what to go to the movies for a new film by Tim Burton. So I get up and go. Well, or vice versa - depending on what I rated as more pleasant - to bask in bed or remain without means of subsistence.
Or I am a girl, now it is evening, candles, etc. I sit in front of a piece of cake and I think whether to eat it or not. Option A: to eat is nice, but I will look bad and will not like anyone, including myself. Option B - do not eat a cake, for this you have to suffer, but my reward is a good appearance. I choose what is more important to me. I would not eat, for example (if I were a girl).
This is a trivial calculation - I “choose”, preferring more pleasure to less, or at least less suffering to more, and I cannot choose the opposite, because the desire to enjoy is my nature . And the mind does the calculation.
What qualities should have the next level after our animal? What is really my free choice?
To this topic:
* Description of each level can be read here .
Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/70222/
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