TheBigBrother@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 4 months agoDo you think animals have thoughts? Are they capable of hearing that little voice that we humans have in our heads?message-squaremessage-square126fedilinkarrow-up176arrow-down111file-text
arrow-up165arrow-down1message-squareDo you think animals have thoughts? Are they capable of hearing that little voice that we humans have in our heads?TheBigBrother@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 4 months agomessage-square126fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareBlackLaZoR@kbin.runlinkfedilinkarrow-up18arrow-down2·4 months agoThey don’t have language, so they can’t have the internal dialogue. But can they have imagination? Since many animals have dreams, then why not?
minus-squarelemmy_99c4zb3e3@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up10·edit-24 months agoWhat about the deaf and dumb? Language is not just spoken words. Maybe animals have their own kind of internal dialogues like deaf people.
minus-squarekrellor@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up8·4 months agoMy dog’s would often woof and move their paws on their dreams.
minus-squareNoxy@yiffit.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 months agoHow can you say that animals don’t have language? As I said in an earlier comment elsewhere in this post: Have you never seen a dog wag their tail or play bow? Have you never seen a squirrel twitching their tail at another squirrel who’s encroached on their territory? Have you never encountered any media about whale songs? All kinds of animals have all kinds of language.
They don’t have language, so they can’t have the internal dialogue.
But can they have imagination? Since many animals have dreams, then why not?
What about the deaf and dumb? Language is not just spoken words. Maybe animals have their own kind of internal dialogues like deaf people.
My dog’s would often woof and move their paws on their dreams.
How can you say that animals don’t have language?
As I said in an earlier comment elsewhere in this post:
Have you never seen a dog wag their tail or play bow?
Have you never seen a squirrel twitching their tail at another squirrel who’s encroached on their territory?
Have you never encountered any media about whale songs?
All kinds of animals have all kinds of language.