Different in degree or kind: EVOLUTION (Introduction)

by David Turell , Monday, January 05, 2015, 00:45 (3611 days ago) @ dhw

dhw:Assuming that the “soul” is the form of energy that transmits its messages to the brain, do you believe that when ants / rats / crows / chimpanzees take decisions, devise strategies, solve problems etc. it is also their “souls” that send messages to their brains? And do you believe that the “soul” of, say, a chimpanzee is capable of a greater degree of decision-making, problem-solving etc. than an ant's?-It is your assumption that the soul transmits to the brain, not mine. I have no idea how it works. I'll stick just with brains. We know that chimps can problem solve to a small degree. So do crows, but only humans have a very special ability to solve problems. I'm not avoiding you, I've never thought about this to reach any conclusions. I think therefore I am is as far as I have gone. My consciousness represents my soul. Are they one and the same? I think so. 
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> dhw: I appreciate that you haven't thought this far. But since you claim that humans are different in kind from other animals, I don't think it's unreasonable for us to examine differences in general.-I don't think I've gone to where you want me in thought, but my answer is above.