37. Controversy Over Dog Intelligence
2008-02-28 Alex Tsakiris Guest: Dr. Stanley Coren, dog intelligence expert and author, explains why dog intelligence, and even dog consciousness, is consistent with Darwinian theories of evolution:
"… Darwin had the notion that, all aspects of mental life, in the same way as physiology, are on a continuum. And he was perfectly willing to ascribe consciousness to animals… We recognize that same sort of thing in a certain class of human beings, very young children, they still have consciousness, but in fact they won’t have the full repertoire of emotions until they’re older…".
Dr. Coren also offers his analysis of Rupert Sheldrake’s experiments into dog telepathy and discusses other unexplained capacities in dogs such as predicting earthquakes and finding their way home over great distances.
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"… Darwin had the notion that, all aspects of mental life, in the same way as physiology, are on a continuum. And he was perfectly willing to ascribe consciousness to animals… We recognize that same sort of thing in a certain class of human beings, very young children, they still have consciousness, but in fact they won’t have the full repertoire of emotions until they’re older…".
Dr. Coren also offers his analysis of Rupert Sheldrake’s experiments into dog telepathy and discusses other unexplained capacities in dogs such as predicting earthquakes and finding their way home over great distances.
(read the transcript)
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