Not trying to be rude here, I promise. Don't those other animals not even have neocortices? Or if they do, they are very thin and smooth? I was under the impre

Not trying to be rude here, I promise. Don't those other animals not even have neocortices? Or if they do, they are very thin and smooth? I was under the impression that the human neocortex is abnormally thick and wrinkled, making it plausible that the reasoning capabilities are in fact in there. The neocortex doesn't directly control the body or see, but there are bits that light up when we do. Lizards have the other parts of their brain, directly wired in. We have those parts, too, in addition to our neocortex.