The Merror Test

The mirror test helps show there is a fundamental difference between consciousness in animals. For an animal to become self aware, it needs external help. It does not have this wired into its brain. If you put a mirror in front of it, it closes the loop. The mirror becomes aesthetic version of what we have wired into our head. That's different than asking, how is a chimpanzee aware of something? Chimpanzees are aware of things, but they are not aware of their own awareness because they lack language. They lack a separate reflector. Watwa, we think about it, is like a reflector of the cell. So will take my ameba here. And it