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...how trees communicate with one another?

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They 'bark'!

Pulsating said:

MushroomTrip said:

fireworks_god said:

MushroomTrip said:

Have you ever heard about echolocation?

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Or has he read into how trees communicate with one another?

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I never said, or implied, that animals didn't communicate. But I am sure you knew that.

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You said that:

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When was the last time a monkey (or any other animal) sent information around the planet to another monkey in a pulse of light.

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In my book sending information = comunicating

fireworks_god said:

No, but you implied that human communication was somehow different than the manner in which animals communicate. You were scoffing at the notion of other animals communicating through pulses of light. I guess you have never seen fireflys?

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But there are huge differences between animals and humans...not that one is superior or better....just there are huge differences...that stem from the fact that our basic natures are different.

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But tell me, clear that up for me.
What are exactly the differences?

Yes, animals kill each other in a "bestial" way, but just because they can't use guns like we do
What other differences, besides that, do you see?

fireworks_god said:

My point, clearly, is that, even though there is marked differences, these are simply relative differences, and there is really only similarities amongst life. It is all simply life, different expressions of one phenomenon - life.

Speciation and the distinctions that result from it are interesting but that's about it.

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Pulsating said:

The differences that you see separate us from animals. I guess with the ability to observe one must also add in the ability to evaluate information.

When was the last time a monkey (or any other animal) sent information around the planet to another monkey in a pulse of light.

Technology.

What about art? Painting. Music. Architecture. Literature. The desire to expand consciousness through these things. Awareness of being aware.

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fireworks_god said:

Well I can feel the spiritual beings thing. I just think that all life is an expression of that, just not to the same degree.

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Have you ever heard about echolocation?

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In my book sending information = communicating

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Now about evaluating information.
Having the ability to evaluate information = having the ability to think.
Now I saw tones of animals that show clear signs of manifesting the act of thinking .
I saw animals that show compassion and love.

Tell me then, what other differences, besides the ones which you already presented and I debunked them, are there?

MushroomTrip said:

Regarding information I think I have already cleared that up.
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Have you ever heard about echolocation?

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In my book sending information = communicating

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Now about evaluating information.
Having the ability to evaluate information = having the ability to think.
Now I saw tones of animals that show clear signs of manifesting the act of thinking .
I saw animals that show compassion and love.

Tell me then, what other differences, besides the ones which you already presented and I debunked them, are there?

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MushroomTrip said:

And how exactly do you determine that animals are not self aware?
And yes, there are awareness levels, but does that really make animals un-spiritual?
And what makes you think that in the future, animals won't increase their awareness even more? It's happened before, just look at dogs which were wild and in time they became our friends. That's a clear sign or spiritual evolution .

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MushroomTrip said:

What is it that separates us from animals really?

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Psychoactive1984 said:

We can't replicate a blackhole? Whos to say that its not a natural process? We can't replicate fusion, who's to say that it didn't come along on its own? I'm really missing your point here.

I'll sum it up; technology isn't up to speed.

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MushroomTrip said:

And how exactly do you determine that animals are not self aware?
And yes, there are awareness levels, but does that really make animals un-spiritual?
And what makes you think that in the future, animals won't increase their awareness even more? It's happened before, just look at dogs which were wild and in time they became our friends. That's a clear sign or spiritual evolution .

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Hakim0777 said:

MushroomTrip said:

What is it that separates us from animals really?

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beastiality laws thats what.

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Pulsating said:

If it is true that this physical universe and the things within it are just random and accidental combinations of matter/energy, have always been and will always be matter/energy and if "life" (consciousness) is just *the result* of some accidental combination of chemicals, why haven't our advanced modern sciences been able to reproduce this accidental combination of chemicals and create "life" in a controlled environment?

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