Inside the minds of animals - Bryan B Rasmussen

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Do animals think? It’s a question that has intrigued scientists for thousands of years, inspiring them to come up with different methods and criteria to measure the intelligence of animals. Bryan B Rasmussen navigates through this controversial question, showing how determining intelligence often says more about how humans think than about anything else.
Lesson by Bryan B Rasmussen, animation by Mike Schell.

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  • @codymondeel7767
    @codymondeel77676 жыл бұрын

    “Elephants recognise each other even after years apart” While I can’t even remember my own aunt after a few months

  • @arvinathallah8330

    @arvinathallah8330

    3 жыл бұрын

    why don’t they make buildings

  • @maddyxoxo5657

    @maddyxoxo5657

    3 жыл бұрын

    Same

  • @miriga3927

    @miriga3927

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@arvinathallah8330 Because although their trunks are helpful, hands work far better. And they don’t need shelter the same way we do.

  • @sindiinbonnienclyde

    @sindiinbonnienclyde

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@arvinathallah8330 would that then prove they are intelligent? If so, then ants, birds, termites, bees, wasps, beavers and a vast number of other creatures would pass the intelligence test as they create buildings or so called structures as homes.

  • @edgemadefoxe367

    @edgemadefoxe367

    3 жыл бұрын

    I don't even know what i ate yesterday

  • @EugeneKhutoryansky
    @EugeneKhutoryansky9 жыл бұрын

    In the past, people have complained about racial bias in the construction of intelligence tests. We are now dealing with something even harder to eliminate in our intelligence tests - species bias. As one of the more obvious examples, we often judge the intelligence of animals such as dolphins based on how many human words they can learn and understand. However, dolphins have a very complex language which we have, so far, been completely unable to decipher. If dolphins were to apply this same test to humans, then the dolphins would have to conclude that humans are complete idiots, since despite our best efforts, we have failed to learn even a single word that the dolphins are saying.

  • @HeatherSpoonheim

    @HeatherSpoonheim

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Eugene Khutoryansky Yup. Also, I think that linguistics can show us just how different grammatical structures can be - and can really push our limits of understanding when we find languages that lack what we consider to be 'core' features - such as 'left' and 'right'. Before we can even begin to understand dolphin language, I think we need to better understand their lives in the wild - to understand what sort of information is important for them to communicate.

  • @darkmater4tm

    @darkmater4tm

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Eugene Khutoryansky The fact that dolphins aren't wearing the labcoats is proof enough that humans are the more intelligent species. We have deengineered, understood and reengineered the world around us in ways that other species aren't intelligent enough to begin trying. We found ways to feed billions more than nature could naturally support. We've build contraptions and electronics which work long after we've left them alone. We've split the atom. We know what the moon is. We've figured a way to get to it and back. When the next asteroid hits earth, we will have seen it months in advance. One day, we will colonise another planet. Meanwhile, there's some evidence that dolphins can tell jokes to each other. Dolphins are soooooo intelligent. If a dolphin ever thought humans are dumb, it's only because everything that humans do goes completely over its head.

  • @GarketMardener

    @GarketMardener

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Physics Videos by Eugene Khutoryansky true lmao isn't intelligence the ability to abstractize thoughts and scenarios, to comprehend and solve problems, to predict and to adapt...etc etc ?

  • @ericsmith4908

    @ericsmith4908

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Physics Videos by Eugene Khutoryansky I smell a vegan...

  • @avanicole6700

    @avanicole6700

    8 жыл бұрын

    +DarKMaTTeR Yes, but humans are also idiots. Every species in nature before us has known how nature works, and has kept it running. Then humans come in, having no clue how things in nature are supposed to be, bring invasive species to habitats to destroy them, and cause millions of species to go extinct. And Dolphins, elephants, monkeys, and many other animals are very intelligent. Plus, we can't tell if they have a way of organizing things like a government, because we don't know their language. Plus, many species understand human language, but can't speak it because their voice box works differently. So animals have the intelligence to speak English, but lack the ability to make the sounds. Humans on the other hand, could easily speak in animal languages, but we lack the intelligence. So unless your measuring intelligence by how an animals voice box works, animals are probably more intelligent than us.

  • @clomyst
    @clomyst4 жыл бұрын

    How do you know if they're conscious? Have you ever witnessed a cat in it's last moments? My cat neko even left her new born kittens in my lap because she knew she was dying and I didn't know. She was like "here, I know you're a good person. My babies are safe with you." She trusted me more than a human has ever trusted me, that's enough for me to know how sensitive and intelligent these creatures are.

  • @garret1930

    @garret1930

    3 жыл бұрын

    On the night my cat died her back legs were paralyzed and she was covered in her own puke meowing in what was clearly recognizable pain and fear until I went over to comfort her. You can't tell me she wasn't feeling something, that she wasn't scared that her legs weren't working. I can't prove anything has consciousness, but if I believe that I'm conscious then I can't be so childish as to believe only humans have it.

  • @mhazg6621

    @mhazg6621

    3 жыл бұрын

    Yeah dduude

  • @smartart6841

    @smartart6841

    3 жыл бұрын

    @GlitchLemon rickroll?

  • @smartart6841

    @smartart6841

    3 жыл бұрын

    That cant be true. Something else must be happening behind the scenes

  • @veryconfused9768

    @veryconfused9768

    3 жыл бұрын

    I also believe animal are conscious.whenever i am sad my parrots start talking to me in low voice( they can say a few words) when i am on call they also start to talk lol.i had a parrot before who flew away( was really wild one) his cage was open for an hour when i came back and saw i started looking as we have cats in our area and are always after my birds.i saw my parrot on nearby tree he looked straight to me for like 5 minutes and then flew away.like saying hey I am going and it's not the cats that took me.my parrots really like cashews and when I act like I am eating those they come close to look while slowly saying mama and her eyes get angry looking when I don't give her.when I act like I am beating my daughter they start to shout lol when someone comes to take money they see and shout lol everyone be like ohh they understand.when I am sick they don't say anything at all.Ah and whenever I wear new clothes or something they haven't seen they come close and start to shout as if asking where are you going?my parrots also like to eat whatever I am eating.

  • @i-never-look-at-replies-lol
    @i-never-look-at-replies-lol8 жыл бұрын

    "Elephants use objects to reach inaccessible places" Never pick up any sticks you find on safari, kids: might've been some wild pachyderm's butt-scratcher.

  • @nhuytran581

    @nhuytran581

    5 жыл бұрын

    Wow 😮

  • @animationspace8550

    @animationspace8550

    4 жыл бұрын

    ROFL!!!

  • @sarahflores8217

    @sarahflores8217

    4 жыл бұрын

    😂

  • @FlexBeanbag

    @FlexBeanbag

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@animationspace8550 kzread.info/dash/bejne/dKGXm7B_lsveZ5c.html

  • @rabeebibrat1805

    @rabeebibrat1805

    3 жыл бұрын

    lmao 🤣🤣

  • @Fjolvarr
    @Fjolvarr8 жыл бұрын

    I've always wondered what it would be like to be a crow with a wig on.

  • @maxonite

    @maxonite

    6 жыл бұрын

    Njorunn Fjölvarr Why am i laughing so hard

  • @rulonanderson9084

    @rulonanderson9084

    4 жыл бұрын

    I am a crow and I wear a wig daily.

  • @darkvader2024

    @darkvader2024

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@maxonite It's cause it's funny. Not everyday you see a level of sarcasm work so well over a comment.

  • @user-rn5dl6tf8r

    @user-rn5dl6tf8r

    3 жыл бұрын

    Fury

  • @jakubpociecha8819

    @jakubpociecha8819

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@user-rn5dl6tf8r Yes,very *furious* indeed

  • @bigdickpornsuperstar
    @bigdickpornsuperstar9 жыл бұрын

    My dog actively barters. If you have something she wants, she will bring one of her toys over and drop it in your lap then stare at the object she is trying to trade for...... usually food, but she has tried trading for other things as well. Begging, I am familiar with, but I have NEVER had a dog that intuitively understood the basic concept of commerce.

  • @joelt7869

    @joelt7869

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Jerry VanNuys lol no WAY! maybe it thinks ifit gives you something you will feel the need to give back.. something tasty like food

  • @GarketMardener

    @GarketMardener

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Jerry VanNuys lmao that's amazing it's literally like she understands commerce. I don't know but that's really cool :D

  • @thefaceofawsomeness491

    @thefaceofawsomeness491

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Jerry VanNuys Really? Did you train her to fetch by giving her treats? Cause she could just think bringing stuff to you will get her a treat. If not, that is really cool.

  • @Jade-mm1wl

    @Jade-mm1wl

    8 жыл бұрын

    allow her to start a dog economy, leading to dog capitalism and technological advances

  • @joelt7869

    @joelt7869

    8 жыл бұрын

    Jade lol

  • @aroaceaspie
    @aroaceaspie7 жыл бұрын

    "Maybe everyone else are well functioning zombies." Thanks for terrifying me.

  • @jaw9006

    @jaw9006

    7 жыл бұрын

    R Ca not literally zombie, but they dont think while doing something.. just follow others, never questioning about themself, just like zombie

  • @ibbi30

    @ibbi30

    7 жыл бұрын

    No what is meant is that you can't rule out the possibility that you are the only conscious being in the universe. Sure you can ask your neighbor if he is conscious but he could be lying and is maybe just a literal robot.

  • @bobbypennington9973

    @bobbypennington9973

    7 жыл бұрын

    R Ca same i'l probably have nightmares:(

  • @leverage3089

    @leverage3089

    7 жыл бұрын

    R Ca You know that they are not, because this man was able to suggest something from your perspective. There fore, unless you and him are the only thinking beings, this cannot be possible. And since I can respond to that thought, rest assured, everyone is a thinking creature. (:

  • @zsrandomvideos1997

    @zsrandomvideos1997

    7 жыл бұрын

    R Ca Ikr

  • @BrimstoneCobra
    @BrimstoneCobra9 жыл бұрын

    This left me with more questions than I started with, not sure if that's a good thing or bad thing

  • @TheTownzFinest

    @TheTownzFinest

    9 жыл бұрын

    Good thing

  • @waleedalam7927

    @waleedalam7927

    9 жыл бұрын

    BrimstoneCobra The path of knowledge is open. Go seek and you shall find.

  • @BillyToulas

    @BillyToulas

    9 жыл бұрын

    BrimstoneCobra The more your learn, the more you realize you know nothing

  • @AliZeineddine

    @AliZeineddine

    9 жыл бұрын

    BrimstoneCobra We've been taught, that a good research is finding more questions than answering them. You have better understanding of the subject now :)

  • @ninipurple7168

    @ninipurple7168

    9 жыл бұрын

    BrimstoneCobra haha :) the end was brilliant

  • @mosab643
    @mosab6438 жыл бұрын

    primates who have been taught sign language do communicate their feelings to humans, like when they're sad, disappointed or happy. So we do have some insight into how some of the more intelligent animals think and feel.

  • @jameskeelinggaming2319

    @jameskeelinggaming2319

    7 жыл бұрын

    abdizamad mowhatcahcallit, first get a better name, then do your own research. i hate your kind, very lazy

  • @mosab643

    @mosab643

    7 жыл бұрын

    Yeh, why can't you get a nice christian name with a true meaning, like john, james or bob.

  • @jameskeelinggaming2319

    @jameskeelinggaming2319

    7 жыл бұрын

    lols I love your comment. but Bob or Mark are easier to say. not friztlel Abdullah Mozambique jingle bells muhammed alkieda kasactstan whatever.....

  • @oldpersonal5997

    @oldpersonal5997

    7 жыл бұрын

    +Abdizamad Mohamoud lol, if you're getting your info from the comments of a KZread video, I'm a little worried for your well-being. People don't always have to link a 12 page article of proof of information. People should just be able to have conversations about topics with or without proof of those topics actually being true. And you shouldn't believe just anything you hear without question, either. It's just common sense.

  • @alexispulido398

    @alexispulido398

    7 жыл бұрын

    but did u know they can't ask questions in sign language

  • @laney6825
    @laney68256 жыл бұрын

    I think the reason people divide instinct and intelligence is because people don’t want to have to admit that animals have thoughts and feelings because then that means that they can’t do what they want with them without feeling guilty

  • @zuriel3167

    @zuriel3167

    2 жыл бұрын

    Excellent theory

  • @muhammadfauzi7340

    @muhammadfauzi7340

    2 жыл бұрын

    You right

  • @marcomarco7750

    @marcomarco7750

    11 ай бұрын

    Or maybe because you can't even have a conversation with them ? The only thing animals think about are eating, sleeping, and reproducing.

  • @jackgibsxxx0750

    @jackgibsxxx0750

    9 ай бұрын

    ​@@marcomarco7750.... Cats and dogs can think things out. And they are smarter then you think.

  • @realdragon

    @realdragon

    2 ай бұрын

    @@marcomarco7750 It's so easy to debunk you but it's not like you're intelligent and will listed to actual science. The only thing you think about is eating, sleeping and reproducing so we can't have a conversation with you

  • @maximuscesar
    @maximuscesar9 жыл бұрын

    I used to think that animals acted just by instinct until I had a cat. Now I see the world in a very different way.

  • @SlaMaster

    @SlaMaster

    9 жыл бұрын

    maximuscesar true.

  • @PRGME7

    @PRGME7

    8 жыл бұрын

    A whole new world?

  • @jangkarsuci8885

    @jangkarsuci8885

    5 жыл бұрын

    Yeah...

  • @thalespro9995

    @thalespro9995

    5 жыл бұрын

    PRGME7 is that A Aladdin reference

  • @moveback7913

    @moveback7913

    4 жыл бұрын

    Sotrue they have a huge ego

  • @AssClappicus
    @AssClappicus9 жыл бұрын

    YES! I've always said to people that intelligence and consciousness is 'simply' a spectrum of complexity. Excellent video!

  • @thaias9654

    @thaias9654

    3 жыл бұрын

    Simply complex.

  • @niklascejie726

    @niklascejie726

    Жыл бұрын

    have you tho?

  • @richsackett3423

    @richsackett3423

    11 ай бұрын

    @@niklascejie726 Sounds like you've never ever had a single idea worthy of remembering. Some folks are like that.

  • @MarvinElsen
    @MarvinElsen9 жыл бұрын

    The dog with human hair at 4:14 is bringing back disturbing memories O_o...for those who know Full Metal Alchemist

  • @JellybellyWaffles

    @JellybellyWaffles

    9 жыл бұрын

    Marvin Elsen ... Ed... ward...

  • @MarvinElsen

    @MarvinElsen

    9 жыл бұрын

    *shivers* Yea, exactly that memory T-T

  • @NavaracVolare

    @NavaracVolare

    9 жыл бұрын

    Marvin Elsen I feel you, bro

  • @joseoku6946

    @joseoku6946

    4 жыл бұрын

    Shou tucker

  • @kashmirasankhe9692

    @kashmirasankhe9692

    4 жыл бұрын

    Chimera

  • @kelliecook4574
    @kelliecook45745 жыл бұрын

    I think my cat shows conscious thought all the time, I can tell how she feels when she flicks her tail. And she always shows facial expressions, I think she has even more conscious thought than my dog because she’s always observing things. But sometimes I cry and so my dog comes to me and cuddles me to make me feel better. I never taught him what crying is, or how to make me feel better. He wants to make me feel better and he consciously thought that after years of observing that human crying is not a good sign, he felt that cuddling me would be the way to do it.

  • @sreejas3503

    @sreejas3503

    2 жыл бұрын

    Ok

  • @warondogs8199

    @warondogs8199

    2 жыл бұрын

    dogs don't have a conscience, feel guilt, or have empathy. So, it is most likely that the dog sees you as pack leader, detects some kind of distress when you are crying, and goes up to you for its OWN comfort and security, because if there is something wrong with the pack leader, it might threaten HIS food supply or safety.

  • @clomyst
    @clomyst4 жыл бұрын

    Honestly, by living with animals so much I've grown to think that they're just like us, but just lack one thing (advance communication). So, they may think certain things but don't convey it like we do. Eg: my dog and I tease each other, he knows when I'm laughing obnoxiously and hits me for it, not so different than my brother.

  • @mhazg6621

    @mhazg6621

    3 жыл бұрын

    Humanity is a degree, not a kind

  • @mhazg6621

    @mhazg6621

    3 жыл бұрын

    Hehehahahahahaha

  • @wokk9543

    @wokk9543

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@mhazg6621 wtf

  • @kepspark3362

    @kepspark3362

    Жыл бұрын

    I agree. It's just constructive intelligence that has lead us to this state.

  • @ianclarke3627
    @ianclarke36272 жыл бұрын

    I'm convinced I've had pets more conscious than lots of people I've met

  • @wificake2091

    @wificake2091

    2 жыл бұрын

    Same

  • @lucaxel
    @lucaxel8 жыл бұрын

    With the mention that Alex the parrot got bored, or angry. He also sense when researchers got irritated and said "I'm sorry". He was the only animal to ask an existential question - What colour am I? The wiki article about him is fascinating.

  • @ahhwe-any7434

    @ahhwe-any7434

    4 жыл бұрын

    Birds are so cute when they try to put weaves in 😁

  • @snakeeplayz1010
    @snakeeplayz10103 жыл бұрын

    If my dog wanted to go on the sofa then I’d let him

  • @rachelvirgo2053

    @rachelvirgo2053

    3 жыл бұрын

    ikr

  • @joaotoscani2605
    @joaotoscani26052 жыл бұрын

    "Did your dog just outsmart you" I love this sentence

  • @FickleWid
    @FickleWid9 жыл бұрын

    The animation has been well up to par lately, good stuff :)

  • @4c00h
    @4c00h4 жыл бұрын

    When I was 15 my dad was telling me off about something and I recall telling him he doesn't even exist. That he was just an entity functioning automatically in my session. I got slapped and sent to sleep.

  • @clomyst

    @clomyst

    4 жыл бұрын

    😂😂😂

  • @wokk9543

    @wokk9543

    2 жыл бұрын

    lmao

  • @mrmister1657
    @mrmister16574 жыл бұрын

    I wouldn’t shoo my dog off a spot if they were already there

  • @MrRocketboy98

    @MrRocketboy98

    3 жыл бұрын

    Facts, just sit next to them

  • @jouanyu2776
    @jouanyu27766 жыл бұрын

    I argue that humans are also controlled by instinct. That our every action is predetermined by our brain. It's just that our brains are more difficult to understand, which makes it seem abstract.

  • @porkybob

    @porkybob

    4 жыл бұрын

    The paradox is: if we still didn't understand how our very own brain works, it must quite complex or actually quite simple.

  • @theshermantanker7043

    @theshermantanker7043

    4 жыл бұрын

    That makes zero sense since you and your choices and thought ARE your Brain. There is no such thing as you vs your Brain when it comes to thoughts, because they're literally the same thing

  • @stabloona468

    @stabloona468

    4 жыл бұрын

    Jouan Yu Yeah I think humans too are derived by reward vs punishment thing

  • @alabasterkerning1766

    @alabasterkerning1766

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@stabloona468 of course we are. That's how toddlers and kids learn!

  • @veryconfused9768

    @veryconfused9768

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@stabloona468 that seems true

  • @sakshamrewari
    @sakshamrewari8 жыл бұрын

    A marvelous animated video! The transition of the scenes and the genius color usage is brilliant. The audio seems to say "ya, we've created an awesome animation, no biggie..."

  • @raveleijntv
    @raveleijntv8 жыл бұрын

    "what if the people around us are just well functioning zombies" me: Time for an existential crisis!

  • @thalespro9995

    @thalespro9995

    5 жыл бұрын

    I am a zombie but I’m the only zombie

  • @gozzywozzy485
    @gozzywozzy4852 жыл бұрын

    love the animation style in this vid, it's extremely well executed too

  • @sirjuly2791
    @sirjuly27918 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for addressing this topic. I've been wondering and philosophizing about this my whole life.

  • @Hellooo134
    @Hellooo1347 жыл бұрын

    You actually can communicate with some primates that have learned sign language. They have told us that they dream, feel emotions, and other cool stuff

  • @garret1930

    @garret1930

    3 жыл бұрын

    They also morn the dead.

  • @NehalDeshpande
    @NehalDeshpande8 жыл бұрын

    and how we frame them will tell more about our mind than theirs .

  • @qaddams
    @qaddams8 жыл бұрын

    our pets are victims of stockholm syndrome...

  • @GarketMardener

    @GarketMardener

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Quinton Ayers lol really? They just don't have that much of an idea of social bonds and as long as they feel well in an enviroment they'll stay there. You think that's inhuman? Well i don't have a very hard concept of that either, but i still remember people and can have friends.

  • @qaddams

    @qaddams

    8 жыл бұрын

    ***** no i don't think it's inhumane i just think its funny how we just capture random animals and they love us. it was a joke.

  • @GarketMardener

    @GarketMardener

    8 жыл бұрын

    Quinton Ayers oh lel yeah it's kind of silly but pets like cats and dogs have "evolved" to be pets.

  • @MB-tb6jy

    @MB-tb6jy

    8 жыл бұрын

    I love this comment

  • @edwarddundon-smith9059

    @edwarddundon-smith9059

    8 жыл бұрын

    +GarketMardener i wouldn't say evolved but some species can have co beneficial existence. For example the fish that clean shark mouths, humans have that with animals like dogs, cats and horses. Though they are now less useful to us we still keep em cause what kind of person would leave his best friends behind? 😝

  • @mistingwolf
    @mistingwolf8 жыл бұрын

    Toward the end of Alex's life, he asked, "Alex what color?" Now there's a thought.

  • @zucaner5392

    @zucaner5392

    8 жыл бұрын

    ?

  • @jamestrotman3238

    @jamestrotman3238

    8 жыл бұрын

    was he asking what colour he was?

  • @Stickycomix

    @Stickycomix

    7 жыл бұрын

    Sounds like it.

  • @darkasanova1445

    @darkasanova1445

    7 жыл бұрын

    That's actually heartbreaking ):

  • @pablok.9672

    @pablok.9672

    4 жыл бұрын

    If I remember correctly he also said something along the lines of “I love you see you tomorrow” to his owner

  • @temperial
    @temperial3 жыл бұрын

    Thank you very much for this awesome video! It helped me a lot on my research project!

  • @billyfox6368
    @billyfox63683 жыл бұрын

    I think that we should define an intelligent species as one that's able to innovate and to progress. Except in terms of evolution and the random mutation of genetics, nothing actually changes for any creature except us.

  • @weeb69
    @weeb695 жыл бұрын

    4:40 I literally have been wondering about this my whole life. I think it's called solipsism btw.

  • @rachelvirgo2053

    @rachelvirgo2053

    3 жыл бұрын

    theres a word for that????!!!!!

  • @PRGME7

    @PRGME7

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@rachelvirgo2053 there is

  • @Itsjettondon05
    @Itsjettondon05Ай бұрын

    Intelligence is just pattern recognition (and understanding) and consciousness is the ability to ask questions and find answers. All animals often use consciousness to solve problems but intelligence, not so much

  • @sheraznisar4833
    @sheraznisar4833 Жыл бұрын

    Learning about how other animals minds work and function has made me appreciate them more and made me realize that they are a a lot more like humans than we like to know

  • @SafaAlam-wz1en
    @SafaAlam-wz1en7 жыл бұрын

    2:02 I thought you would say octopi, not octopuses, right?

  • @hex8787

    @hex8787

    7 жыл бұрын

    It's pronounced octagon

  • @fatorangebastard

    @fatorangebastard

    4 жыл бұрын

    I think that both are correct.

  • @delet3999

    @delet3999

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@fatorangebastard you are late by 2 and a half years

  • @veganbackpacking-8559
    @veganbackpacking-85596 жыл бұрын

    Wonderful video! (as usual) I wonder where we end up in the relation between human- and nonhuman-animals. Let's hope we dare to question our previous conceptions/thinkings and keep on learning and evolving :)

  • @shivamthemas
    @shivamthemas3 жыл бұрын

    As this channel helped me In future I am going to give all the help I can Thanks for your free service

  • @justjulez1066
    @justjulez10664 жыл бұрын

    Found lot of answers I was looking for. Thank you

  • @localtriggerfan1998
    @localtriggerfan19987 жыл бұрын

    Great video. When I was little, I thought like that too. "Do animals/other people have consciousness or experience like what I am experiencing now?". But I later learnt that some people (especially Rene Descartes) have the same thoughts as I do too, therefore, they must be concious. "I think, therefore, I am" - Rene Descartes. Then I saw the people who don't have the same consciousness in the comment section.

  • @roelvink2722
    @roelvink27228 жыл бұрын

    *Humans are smart animals, the only thing that makes us different then animals is that we have a advanced rational mind*. We have a rational mind but we also have a instinctual animal mind which manifest as sexdrive, violence, we inheritated from the animal realm (evolution) this instinctual mind is not your friend, it is controlling your life, it will strive only for pleasure, it is your ultimate task to change and overcome this mind. The *Truth of Life* is the key. Google *TruthContest read the Present*, it explains the big picture of life, it explains life in every facet including how to change the badstates of your mind permanlty, it is the key to true fulfillment.

  • @chrisk4357

    @chrisk4357

    8 жыл бұрын

    That's right. Humans are so selfish and arrogants. We always think that we are the most advanced etc. I hate when i think like that, like other humans. The mental difference with other earth creatures and humans is that humans, as you say and i totally agree is that they just have the rational part of their brains advanced. So wise words man... :,) bravo !

  • @nathansimons9342

    @nathansimons9342

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Chris thelordkoukoulet did you already checked the site Truthcontest and read the present? Pretty amazing book

  • @sohigh5140

    @sohigh5140

    8 жыл бұрын

    Agreed..

  • @chrisk4357

    @chrisk4357

    8 жыл бұрын

    no, but i will definitely check it out! :D wow im so glad that i found some open minded people over here... its sad to see many zombie people today. This channel totally cheered me up!

  • @lochlannkingz5279

    @lochlannkingz5279

    8 жыл бұрын

    yea

  • @mariopop
    @mariopop9 жыл бұрын

    Beautiful Animation!!!!

  • @astronautbehera7621
    @astronautbehera76214 жыл бұрын

    Awesome animation and info.

  • @hhmmhmhm5743
    @hhmmhmhm57437 жыл бұрын

    Imagine this: A dog is chasing a rabbit when it reaches a point where the road splits into two separate paths. The dog goes up to the first path and sniffs it, trying to find the scent of the rabbit, and then repeats the same act on the second path. Finally, the dog takes the first path and continues chasing the rabbit. So, did the dog choose the first path purely based on instinct or was it intelligent enough to compare and decide which path was the correct one to take?

  • @iona447
    @iona4478 жыл бұрын

    I don't see why this is surprising, I mean, why wouldn't other living beings be able to think and feel? There is no divide really, just many forms of being

  • @cnnrmcllstrnovowels3982
    @cnnrmcllstrnovowels39824 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for this video.

  • @jakobc.2558
    @jakobc.25582 жыл бұрын

    Something I always say about this topic is that while humans think in words and imaginative pictures, animals can only think in imaginative pictures. So when my dog thinks, he probably pictures himself playing with his toy or going outside or sleeping and then remembers the way he can make me do these things with him from memory.

  • @MrsDwiddle
    @MrsDwiddle8 жыл бұрын

    Koko the Gorilla has proven they have the ability to think, feel, and process just as clearly as humans. She learned sign language. She also has likes and dislikes, and moods. She showed and talked about mourning her kitten, and also being sad over the death of Robin Williams. I think humans are the ones that are still clueless. We think we are better than them. In reality they are more capable of showing kindness and love than we are.

  • @aidans.hendricks1378

    @aidans.hendricks1378

    5 жыл бұрын

    also when some dog owners brought their lonely dog to a animal shelter to pick out a companion to bring home it chose a cat and the dog and cat live together even today.

  • @020701304
    @0207013047 жыл бұрын

    I'm sure the parrot mentioned is also the only non human animal to ask an existential questions (What colour am i?)

  • @ariannasilva4462

    @ariannasilva4462

    7 жыл бұрын

    GrimeArchive Probably. Though I think primates have come close. Humans are different because we think past the physical now and question what was here before and what will be here in the future.

  • @ahmermirza

    @ahmermirza

    7 жыл бұрын

    Parrots can be trained very well.

  • @longplaygames

    @longplaygames

    3 жыл бұрын

    "I'm qualia."

  • @liyilivylim6174
    @liyilivylim61749 жыл бұрын

    Nice video. I very much agree with the concluding statement.

  • @ch33.tah.
    @ch33.tah.4 жыл бұрын

    Yes! Consciousness is very complex and omnipresent! I love the last question about all humxns having consciousness bc I believe there are several forms of life, including w: in the "humxn" populace... Hybrids, etc. And consciousness on several levels simultaneously

  • @thundermads2915
    @thundermads29157 жыл бұрын

    My dog is really REALLY good at outsmarting me...

  • @chrisjoshua69420

    @chrisjoshua69420

    3 жыл бұрын

    then u must be smooth brained

  • @Friendship1nmillion

    @Friendship1nmillion

    2 жыл бұрын

    I'm sure. I've seen a many a smart dog in my life. They immediately tell I'm eating tasty food { & haven't met me before } tho have yet to somehow find a way to politely ask me *IF* they can have a small piece. 🥰🐕 😋🥡

  • @nataniarussell2519
    @nataniarussell25197 жыл бұрын

    Ted-ed, making you feel smart and dumb leaving with not with the answer but a new way of thinking to answer the question for yourself even tho it the same process of thinking that didn't answer the question in the first place all in one video.

  • @rimshakhalid5037
    @rimshakhalid50377 жыл бұрын

    Love the animation

  • @QuirkyGirlCorner
    @QuirkyGirlCorner9 ай бұрын

    My cat Maddie knew I had anxiety attacks and could predict them. She knew when I was depressed and would stay by my side. She would bring me gifts. When she was dying our other cat, Monty, came and visited her and check on her. When she passed, he took over her care of me and began supervising me when I was sad and napping with me - something he almost never did before.

  • @Kai-hj8rp
    @Kai-hj8rp4 жыл бұрын

    This video just made me more confused. Where the heck is the answer in this video bro

  • @carlaganu7185
    @carlaganu71854 жыл бұрын

    Well my cat has learned to open doors and to knock on them if that can help

  • @solar0wind

    @solar0wind

    3 жыл бұрын

    My dog knocks on doors too...

  • @orawal
    @orawal5 жыл бұрын

    Graphics at their best!!!

  • @sid98geek
    @sid98geek6 жыл бұрын

    Great animation!

  • @marvelcenteral998
    @marvelcenteral9984 жыл бұрын

    Now l know why azmuth made omnitrix ,he only wants to feel how different creature feels different from one another

  • @ariannasilva4462
    @ariannasilva44627 жыл бұрын

    Animals can feel emotions and have some intelligence but they do not think outside of what they are. Humans do not just ask "how" but also "why" and "what". That is what led us to learn to plant. We saw a tree with fruits and instead of just talking the fruit, eating it, and moving on. We ask "Why is this fruit here? How did it get here?" and most important of all "What was here before it". Animals have never thought outside of their own selfs to think about their perception of the world and what was before. That is why we are where we are now. We asked what was here before and what is here now. We looked beyond the physical now.

  • @danielg1812

    @danielg1812

    6 жыл бұрын

    Wow u used a lot of what's and how's and whys and adjectives

  • @XMIR10C

    @XMIR10C

    6 жыл бұрын

    Not true. The mirror test dispels your comment. Elephants have clearly demonstrated a collective unconscience , the concept of death, burial, and they re4cognize tey are not humna

  • @XMIR10C

    @XMIR10C

    6 жыл бұрын

    The elephant is asking why by the way, every time they run acarss remains

  • @XMIR10C

    @XMIR10C

    6 жыл бұрын

    kzread.info/dash/bejne/famTqbeHqrvVlbQ.html

  • @KO-lu5ed

    @KO-lu5ed

    6 жыл бұрын

    Arianna Silva this is late but, some ant species farm fungus to eat and sustain an environment for them to grow.

  • @shivashaw2220
    @shivashaw22207 жыл бұрын

    Great insight..

  • @craigdaubbeats-rapinstrume9185
    @craigdaubbeats-rapinstrume91853 жыл бұрын

    I've gotten into so many debates with people that were certain that animals can't think. I personally don't know for sure that they can and none of us will probably ever know exactly what or how they think. But it's definitely a fun thing to "think" about.✌️

  • @Alex-444x94
    @Alex-444x948 жыл бұрын

    intelligence is relative... the one thing humans have though is the ability to create... thats what sets us apart from the rest... not intelligence necessarily... outside thinking/creativity/humor thats what makes us human

  • @GarketMardener

    @GarketMardener

    8 жыл бұрын

    +django chubbinz I've seen animals outsmart people with style and without giving a single shit about it. It often makes the animal earn more respect than the person, at least my respect. Intelligence is complex, as everything else in life, but this one in particular is extra complex. Stop calling intelligence one thing, in absolute form.

  • @thefaceofawsomeness491

    @thefaceofawsomeness491

    8 жыл бұрын

    +django chubbinz There are plenty of experiments that have proven the creativity of certain animals

  • @dcraf14
    @dcraf149 жыл бұрын

    How would I know if I'm just inside the game and you're all NPCs. Where is my damn quest? Oh wait, I'm not even trying to talk to anybody I see.

  • @thomasb3557

    @thomasb3557

    9 жыл бұрын

    Rafael Dela Cruz take the red pill :p

  • @Magnificat83

    @Magnificat83

    8 жыл бұрын

    Rafael Dela Cruz Don't you see that exclamation mark above my head???

  • @Jawz4Lyfe

    @Jawz4Lyfe

    8 жыл бұрын

    Rafael Dela Cruz And maybe those spam bots about free X-box and PS currency are just trying to wake you up when you click their link ^.^

  • @GarketMardener

    @GarketMardener

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Rafael Dela Cruz KEK

  • @aidans.hendricks1378

    @aidans.hendricks1378

    5 жыл бұрын

    or what if its multiplayer?? DUN DUN DUN

  • @surkewrasoul4711
    @surkewrasoul47112 жыл бұрын

    Great video man thanks 🙂

  • @MatlabG
    @MatlabG6 жыл бұрын

    Great animation

  • @VerumOccultum
    @VerumOccultum9 жыл бұрын

    Dolphins? Anyone?

  • @chrisjoshua69420

    @chrisjoshua69420

    3 жыл бұрын

    dolphins don't have a sense of right or wrong

  • @VerumOccultum

    @VerumOccultum

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@chrisjoshua69420 What are you trying to say?

  • @chrisjoshua69420

    @chrisjoshua69420

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@VerumOccultum that dolphins are smart, beautiful creatures that are vital to the environment, but that don't mean they have morals or capacity like us humans. that's what i meant.

  • @VerumOccultum

    @VerumOccultum

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@chrisjoshua69420 How I've come to understand it is that each person has their own idea of right and wrong, but life is bigger than our ideas about it. What I've seen in documentaries about dolphins is that they are self aware beings like humans. When intelligence reaches a certain threshold, I think the result is self awareness.

  • @chrisjoshua69420

    @chrisjoshua69420

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@VerumOccultum so dolphins have morals? i have yet to see a single dolphin do that

  • @TheSlimmshadyy
    @TheSlimmshadyy7 жыл бұрын

    The most intelligent dog is the Poodle. Dogs can learn the meaning of about 1000 words.

  • @ameliah2384

    @ameliah2384

    7 жыл бұрын

    TheSlimmshadyy my dogs part poodle so I'm hoping he isn't as stupid as he acts sometimes XDD Doors are his worst enemy at the moment

  • @psychosoty8798

    @psychosoty8798

    6 жыл бұрын

    smartest is border collie...

  • @101Baatein
    @101Baatein Жыл бұрын

    We have been judging every creature from our scale of parameters. Every life form has intelligence which is unique and has it's own characteristics. We need to respect and should treat them well even if we cannot understand it.

  • @billionbites
    @billionbites8 жыл бұрын

    Fascinating video, well made animation :-)

  • @P-Connor
    @P-Connor7 жыл бұрын

    I can tell you exactly how snakes think, just ask about my ex!

  • @subh1
    @subh19 жыл бұрын

    Other people are well-functioning zombies. PERIOD.

  • @Rohitspc
    @Rohitspc6 жыл бұрын

    Yeah I thought I only have that question i.e if I only have consciousness ......u prove Ted ...u r great

  • @gtgodbear6320
    @gtgodbear63203 жыл бұрын

    I remember being really sick and dehydrated once. I woke up and couldn't form one coherent thought, word or speak for 3 min. Freaked me out not knowing what I was like some animal.

  • @isaacraid9975

    @isaacraid9975

    3 жыл бұрын

    I've had similar situations happen to me too but not when I'm sick. Usually happens when im sleep deprived. I've come to the conclusion that I'm just not actually awake it's just a bad dream during a deep sleep cycle.

  • @fayazyusuf
    @fayazyusuf9 жыл бұрын

    Well functioning zombies. Sounds about right.

  • @TheSlimmshadyy
    @TheSlimmshadyy7 жыл бұрын

    Somethings the channels videos says are simply stupid, "maybe others are just zombies". Thankyou but we know they are not. Now some crazy ass would say how can you say for sure ? Whats the proof ?? So everything doesnt require a proof. Some things we just know. Also animals are more intelligent than we know. I am typing this fast so that I can complete it before my master arrives Woof Woof !

  • @mrshrooms3980
    @mrshrooms39802 жыл бұрын

    The day humans get a well written message from nature, we will remember who we are.

  • @bonchiengooddog3791
    @bonchiengooddog37915 жыл бұрын

    Dear author of this clip: I was wondering if you'd allow me to create a french version, for publishing on a french article on dog morality / intelligence / emotions. Thank you very much. Charles G. Couturier

  • @shoulders-of-giants
    @shoulders-of-giants8 жыл бұрын

    "humans and animals" sounds so awkward. Isn't it *humans and other animals*? We are animals as well, not plants, not something extra special.

  • @sizanogreen9900

    @sizanogreen9900

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Wisið winilíkó. Plants are also just another form of live related to us by the tree of live only seperated from us by a few hundrets of millions of years and the human habit of organizing everything into neat and seperate categories

  • @underfire987
    @underfire9878 жыл бұрын

    animals are just as smart, humanity is just afraid and arrogant as always.

  • @PRGME7

    @PRGME7

    8 жыл бұрын

    Yea look up and you can see my cats language

  • @PRGME7

    @PRGME7

    8 жыл бұрын

    And we are dumb just look a trump for pres

  • @MouseGoat

    @MouseGoat

    8 жыл бұрын

    +underfire987 yes and no. most animals are not "smart", like flies. but smart is such a human oddity. most things in nature only cares for what works and what doesn't. but se no reason for most animals not having feelings and consciousness. even bugs have primitive feelings, i know because I have seen them despair.

  • @underfire987

    @underfire987

    8 жыл бұрын

    Nekogami-Crystal all life is intelligent, even the simplists bacteria have more intelligence than our best computers ( because they have the ability to have self preservation and survive on their own, computers still cannot do that). all life is important and intelligence is an arrogant view path, can we really say humans are smart if we build weapons to kill ourselves off and sit arrogantly thinking we can outlast nature?. creativity for example is not viewed as important in our societies now adays and math is put over it. however it is creativity that has saved humanity from extinction several times and not math based intelligence.

  • @DrewKF

    @DrewKF

    8 жыл бұрын

    +underfire987 Mathematical problem solving is creative... so you're just, like, hating on all the humans today? Try to grow out of this phase before too long, it's not as admirable as you likely think :)

  • @deniszingman9853
    @deniszingman98534 жыл бұрын

    11:03 which robots was Rene Descartes referring to during the Enlightenment period ??

  • @carolinagalvan
    @carolinagalvan5 жыл бұрын

    I would like a collaboration with "in a nutshell". It will be incredible.

  • @nullnull2628
    @nullnull26287 жыл бұрын

    did he just assume the dog's gender!

  • @bogdanzubrickis6096

    @bogdanzubrickis6096

    6 жыл бұрын

    Null Null, did you just essume the talkers gender? You said "he" so you think that person is man?? Shame on you for assuming such things :)

  • @zerocalvin
    @zerocalvin9 жыл бұрын

    are human smart? most human cant even do math mentally while plants do them daily because thier life kinda depend on thier math skills and they dont even have a brain.

  • @BatteryAcid1103

    @BatteryAcid1103

    9 жыл бұрын

    ***** Using that logic, I do insane mental math daily, too, as I drive my car. I'm able to predict where I'm going to be, where other cars are going to be, and am able to avoid crashes by finding the best solution to a problem.

  • @noahwilliams8996

    @noahwilliams8996

    9 жыл бұрын

    ***** But do they understand what they're doing? It's one thing to mindlessly carry out an operation, it's another to understand it, and it's truly a sign of intelligence if you can find problems with it and improve upon the process.

  • @edancoll3250

    @edancoll3250

    8 жыл бұрын

    ***** Just because a plant's actions can be described with sophisticated mathematics, doesn't mean the plant understands it. My daily routine can be described in French, but I still won't know French.

  • @jacobbailey960

    @jacobbailey960

    8 жыл бұрын

    Plants, in fact, do not do math. At all. And also, please start spelling and using grammar properly.

  • @zerocalvin

    @zerocalvin

    8 жыл бұрын

    Cathy Bailey me using proper spelling and grammer on the internet? hahahahaha XD

  • @rumfoolery01
    @rumfoolery018 жыл бұрын

    I freaking love this guys voice. Like if it isn't your voice on a video I'm disappointed

  • @jeffmccutcheon4279
    @jeffmccutcheon42793 жыл бұрын

    Wow! Who knew animals minds could so complex. 👍🏻😯

  • @RealationGames
    @RealationGames9 жыл бұрын

    I always outrage when I hear people talking to their dogs in a serious manner. Yeah sure they can understand few hundred words and you can talk to them for fun, but they just *cannot understand* sentences. As if our huge brain was just a ornament. Dogs have limited intellectual capabilities. Get over it. I hear people saying stuff like "you need to get out of the bed because you're going to mess up the new blanket". And then waiting stuff to happen. The dog has no idea what you're trying to say.

  • @lordundeadrat

    @lordundeadrat

    9 жыл бұрын

    RealationGames Rationally, everyone knows their dogs don't understand them. I hope so anyway. We don't talk to our pets like that to communicate. We do it for ourselves. You can't say everything you're thinking to another person. But that limitation breaks down in the face of a creature that doesn't understand you. So you can spout on about any old thing mostly to hear yourself talk. Furthermore, dogs may not understand sentences. But the have been shown to well understand tone and intention. They can tell from the way you talk if you are happy or angry. They even respond to depression and more complicated emotions.

  • @RealationGames

    @RealationGames

    9 жыл бұрын

    lordundeadrat That was included: "and you can talk to them for fun" I've heard people say that they actually think that dogs understand everything they say, but just cannot talk.

  • @ikris5158
    @ikris51588 жыл бұрын

    ive been longing to hear this

  • @anirudhv4213
    @anirudhv42132 жыл бұрын

    Wow amazing

  • @dishonoled9685
    @dishonoled96859 жыл бұрын

    This is a thought i always fell when I was 4... Good ol times

  • @jeeezkxyyy6250
    @jeeezkxyyy62502 жыл бұрын

    We are just like animals, we need to eat, sleep. When we see danger we try to find a way out. We have our own territory that we would defend at all costs and theres many more attributes

  • @AlejandraHerrera-jw9dr
    @AlejandraHerrera-jw9dr8 жыл бұрын

    Very interesting.

  • @kharza6145
    @kharza61454 жыл бұрын

    I have a conure that had leaned to open and unlock his door. First I used clips but after a while he started to bull them to his side and open them. He lifts bird doors over his head but the one that got me most was I started using twist ties. I noticed that whenever I twisted the tie he would sit right bye watching me. And after a few times he learned how to twist the other way and got out

  • @DuskLegend
    @DuskLegend3 жыл бұрын

    I’d love to see an update to this featuring the dogs that have started to employ perch buttons

  • @kentokenyama3449
    @kentokenyama34496 жыл бұрын

    All this time I'm also thinking about how animal thinks. It's not just a mere instinct​ for them but in my observation, they are possessing inteligence!

  • @2103yadavji
    @2103yadavji7 жыл бұрын

    best channel on youtube

  • @justinryan5433
    @justinryan54338 жыл бұрын

    what program do they use to make these videos

  • @yougotityougotit9814
    @yougotityougotit98146 жыл бұрын

    Does anyone know the name of the piece of music at about 1:14-thanks