37.
Controversy Over Dog Intelligence
2008-02-28
Guest:
Dr. Stanley Coren, dog intelligence expert and
author, explains why dog intelligence, and even
dog consciousness, is consistent with Darwinian
theories of evolution:
"…
Darwin had the notion that, all aspects of mental
life, in the same way as physiology, are on a continuum.
And he was perfectly willing to ascribe consciousness
to animals… We recognize that same sort of
thing in a certain class of human beings, very young
children, they still have consciousness, but in fact
they won't have the full repertoire of emotions until
they're older...".
Dr. Coren also offers his
analysis of Rupert Sheldrake's experiments into dog
telepathy and discusses other unexplained capacities
in dogs such as predicting earthquakes and finding
their way home over great distances.
(read
the transcript)
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