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No? The 'mirror test' has been passed by a range of animals, including apes, elephants and dolphins.
by hacker_9 9y ago
No? The 'mirror test' has been passed by a range of animals, including apes, elephants and dolphins.
- seszett 9y agoBut anyway it's obviously meaningless when we're talking about plants. Blind humans cannot recognize themselves in a mirror either, but it doesn't mean anything about their sentience.
- rectangletangle 9y agoIt becomes further confused when animals like dogs are introduced into the equation. They fail the visual mirror test, primarily because vision isn't their primary sense.
- anfractuosity 9y agoThere's also a paper regarding the mirror test and ants - http://www.journalofscience.net/File_Folder/521-532(jos).pdf http://www.journalofscience.net/File_Folder/521-532(jos).pdf