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<blockquote data-quote="jmac27" data-source="post: 33408" data-attributes="member: 1153"><p>Any predatory animal will share some similarities in the way it hunts with other animals, however, a cat's brain is much more advanced and complex than a mantid. A mantid is no higher than any other insect; they're all pretty much preprogrammed organic robots. The human brain naturally searches for patterns in things and collates gathered information. Every time you see or experience something your brain draws on vast stores of information collected throughout your life and instantly connects memories with it. I.e., when you saw the mantid, your brain connected memories of a cat with it which allowed you to see these patterns.</p><p></p><p>And what you said about a human engineer.. If you really think about it, we're no different than animals. Intelligence is a natural adaptation we've gained through evolution. Our complex brain gives us the illusion that we're set apart from animals and that we don't feed off of instinct like animals, but we do. A human engineer planning the construction of a building is no different than a spider planning to spin a web. Every building you see is as natural as a foxes den in the woods. We change the environment to support our survival as a species. Our intelligence allows us to change it in more complex ways. Any environmentalist would disagree with me here, but it's a philosophy I like.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jmac27, post: 33408, member: 1153"] Any predatory animal will share some similarities in the way it hunts with other animals, however, a cat's brain is much more advanced and complex than a mantid. A mantid is no higher than any other insect; they're all pretty much preprogrammed organic robots. The human brain naturally searches for patterns in things and collates gathered information. Every time you see or experience something your brain draws on vast stores of information collected throughout your life and instantly connects memories with it. I.e., when you saw the mantid, your brain connected memories of a cat with it which allowed you to see these patterns. And what you said about a human engineer.. If you really think about it, we're no different than animals. Intelligence is a natural adaptation we've gained through evolution. Our complex brain gives us the illusion that we're set apart from animals and that we don't feed off of instinct like animals, but we do. A human engineer planning the construction of a building is no different than a spider planning to spin a web. Every building you see is as natural as a foxes den in the woods. We change the environment to support our survival as a species. Our intelligence allows us to change it in more complex ways. Any environmentalist would disagree with me here, but it's a philosophy I like. [/QUOTE]
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