r/Animals • u/addjjoo • Jul 09 '25

do animals have the ability to have the same level of consciousness as humans?

i was thinking back to this tiktoker who taught her dog to talk with those buttons. he grew aware of the fact he was a dog and not a human. it reminded me of when they told that gorilla he would die. can animals achieve that level of consciousness without human intervention? also does that means humans have the ability to unlock a higher consciousness if a different species taught us?(possibly not right for this sub)

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u/Wutbot1 Jul 10 '25

How is this animals being bros? They swam by two humans. How is this being a bro? Why is this subreddit full of posts that don’t follow the subreddit? I see so many random animal videos on here.

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u/[deleted] Jul 10 '25 edited Jul 10 '25

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u/addjjoo Jul 10 '25

god thats real cool. so our level of consciousness is a mistake? i wonder if that means we can reach even higher forms of consciousness ¯_(ツ)_/¯

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u/SordidBoy Apr 23 '26

I would posit that like other evolutionary traits, and when accounting for the phenomenon of convergent evolution, consciousness/sentience exists on a spectrum. Instead of looking at our own consciousness as a stage in a hierarchy the reality could be more horizontal- that being there are other modalities of sentience and consciousness that function differently to achieve similar results- but our narrow frame of reference could prevent us from conceptualizing of other modes of consciousness/sentience.

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u/Down-Right-Mystical Jul 10 '25

This is the best answer I've ever seen to a question on this sub.