Reply To: Language and consciencous

[Gerard Wood]

I agree with what you are saying. We don’t know what will happen tomorrow but we like to think that we have some control. I also think that animals can think to some degree. I lived on a beach in Nova Scotia for about five months with nothing to do. I fed the birds and watched their interactions. Crows seemed to be the most intelligent of them all. They seemed to have a society in which each member was assigned a different role. I could recognize the dominant ones and they seemed to be controlling the flock. They displayed a wild sort of cooperation where the dominant members had some control but every bird was still trying to get the most in every situation. Their vocalizations indicated quite complex communications.