Is praying something only the humans do? Not as in praying to God, but "hoping" something happens. Because I think it's pretty common that when a person really doesn't want something to happen, he/she starts praying that it doesn't. But do you think like chimpansees etc do it too?
I think praying is just a form of mediation and I think some other inaimals have their own way of doing so, rather than 'hope' just feeling better. Who knows though animals can't talk.
Prayer implies belief in something that is not immediately tangible. Such a belief requires mental representation. As of yet, there is no evidence to support that any species other than **** sapiens are capable of mental representation.
Yes by acting on it. Not by standing there hoping that it happens.
If "standing there hoping that it happens" (i.e. with your head in the ground) is the definition of prayer, than many animals would in fact be capable of it
Prayer implies belief in something that is not immediately tangible. Such a belief requires mental representation. As of yet, there is no evidence to support that any species other than **** sapiens are capable of mental representation.
AFAIK, apes pretty obviously are are.
I have no trouble imagining a chimp running from a bigger chimp going "please give up, please give up!" in his head in his primitive unarticulate manner.
I have no trouble imagining a chimp running from a bigger chimp going "please give up, please give up!" in his head in his primitive unarticulate manner.
I have no trouble imagining a chimp running from a bigger chimp going "please give up, please give up!" in his head in his primitive unarticulate manner.
Yes that's what I mean. Also like if a gorilla see's blood in his son's room. He might be hoping that it isn't his son's blood. Instead of just freaking out and trying to find out if it is.
Yes that's what I mean. Also like if a gorilla see's blood in his son's room. He might be hoping that it isn't his son's blood. Instead of just freaking out and trying to find out if it is.
I don't know if they're that smart though.
More like, he sees someone get mangled by a lion from the distance but can't tell who it is, and hopes it isn't his son.
I know what you’re thinking: What did the monkeys do with the “product”? Well, they ate their own ejaculate—and in one case, a curious infant licked it off the adult’s fingers.
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This is one of the reasons, incidentally, why I find it so hard to believe that self-proclaimed asexuals who admit to masturbating to orgasm are really and truly asexual. They must be picturing something , and whatever that something is gives away their sexuality.
His argument wasn't that chimps don't masturbate, only that there is no evidence that they are able to do so without external stimulation (i.e. by being within sight, scent, or hearing of other chimps). The point was that humans are likely the only species that are able to use mental representation to achieve orgasm.