Maybe there ARE known unknowns....
Dec. 3rd, 2003 01:04 am[...] In short, Smith says, "the results suggest that some animals have functional features of, or parallels to, human conscious metacognition."
They apparently know when they know and when they don't know, he adds.
New Research Finds Some Animals Know Their Cognitive Limits
They apparently know when they know and when they don't know, he adds.
New Research Finds Some Animals Know Their Cognitive Limits
Research
Date: 2003-12-02 10:37 pm (UTC)What you discover and post fascinates me as much as the content. I love your mind.
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Date: 2003-12-03 06:01 am (UTC)So I feel, anyway. Thanks for posting this, it got me thinking.
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Date: 2003-12-03 08:06 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2003-12-07 08:52 pm (UTC)(Stuart Hameroff's ideas about quantum mechanical basis for conciousness.. long and technical)
http://www.consciousness.arizona.edu/hameroff/Pen-Ham/Orch_OR/Royal Society.htm