> A conscious agent believes, desires, wants, feels, etc. Then, when I just observe how an ant behaves, I can definitely see that he "believes, desires, wants,

> A conscious agent believes, desires, wants, feels, etc. Then, when I just observe how an ant behaves, I can definitely see that he "believes, desires, wants, feels etc." He sees and/or smells the crumb that I've made while eating a sandwich. He "desires" and "wants" it, runs to it. He "believes" it can lift it and "feels" it can do it. He tries, more than once. Then he has to adjust his belief: the crumb is too heavy. So he gives up trying to lift, now he "believes" he should bite a peace of it. And he does that. Then, he has a new "desire" to carry the bitten-off peace back to the "house" in the hole where other ants are. And he "feels" he can do this, and he will eventually do this. If another ant tries to take the crumb he carries, he will "feel" hat he "has to fight" but he can also "decide" it's "not too interesting" and it's "better to search for another crumb." Now tell me how is that behavior different from a person which is unable to speak, and where you would describe it with "beliefs, desires etc."