Animal Consciousness
Overthink
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The Dog, in Its Dreams
i'm saying something that is somewhat counter cultural relative to our present scientific moment. In line with the world view of a number of nineteenth century naturalists who were totally open to the idea that humans are not the only dreamers on this planet. i talk about people like charles darwin, for example, who openly talked about the dream experiences of other species. And at the time, it seemd self evident to many that not only are animals conscious in a general sense, but that they also dream when they go to sleep.
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