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Re:Scientist: Cats think you are just a big, stupid cat by ddebernardy on Monday January 13, 2014 @03:52AM (#7049544)
Enough brain power to come up with the concept of "being a cat", then leading to discriminating the environment between "is a cat" and "isn't a cat". Whether cats do is anyone's guess.

That said, cats probably have enough brainpower to come up with the concept of "I'm me". Just watch a cat, or a dog for that matter, looking at itself in a mirror if you need convincing.

"Take care of me" and "feed me" are pretty established too.

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Re:Scientist: Cats think you are just a big, stupid cat by daliusd on Monday January 13, 2014 @08:17AM (#7050336)
You are making assumption that cat's brain works the same as human's brain. Maybe that's good assumption but question is how good?

Have you seen this TED talk http://www.ted.com/talks/jill_bolte_taylor_s_powerful_stroke... ? "being a cat" is related to self-awareness. Does cat has the same self-awareness as human beings?

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