From Grant Stainer
There is a very anthropocentric approach to scientific testing of self-awareness in non-human animals. In humans, the base assumption is that humans are self-aware and intelligent until proven otherwise. However, for non-humans the base assumption is that they are unintelligent and not self-aware until rigorously and repeatedly proven to be otherwise. A more consistent and honest approach would be to use the same base assumptions for human and non-human animals when testing self-awareness and intelligence.
Merredin, Western Australia
