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Do we, IN GENERAL, live in a sentient or sapient world.

Is animal identification of a possible threat considered sapience?

How do the Great Apes, Chimpanzees and Dolphins fit into your world view?

Do we, IN GENERAL, live in a sentient or sapient world. Is animal identification of a possible threat considered sapience? How do the Great Apes, Chimpanzees and Dolphins fit into your world view?

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Sentience is self aware intelligence.

Sapience is simply the nature of homo sapiens, which implies human intelligence.

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So you wouldn't consider the Great Apes, chimpanzees or dolphins as sapient.

Chimpanzees show tool use, is that monkey intelligence? How does monkey intelligence differ from human intelligence?

What about Ravens, is that bird intelligence and how does that differ from the other types of intelligence?

So what is Intelligence?

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There really isn't a universal definition to intelligence. Though self awareness is generally agreed upon. "I think, therefore I am." Enter the mirror test. Many black children fail this test. Some animals pass it.

Tool usage is certainly a hint of intelligence but doesn't mean self awareness. For example, crows. Then there is the cargo cults. Can use tools but understands absolutely nothing about whites or technology, even when explained to them for generations. They have tool usage, I assume are self aware, but certainly very low intelligence.

There is something very different about humans in general and again for caucasians; perhaps best referred to as a divine spark. Each set apart from the other. All apart from the other animals.