Do insects have concsiousness, eg do they think or are they driven by impulse?-many thanx, harrie 999?

Many thanx, harrie 999 Asked by harrie999 20 months ago Similar questions: insects concsiousness driven impulse many harrie 999 Science > Animals.

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1 i've never discussed politics with an insect so probably not likely they have consciousness. It's still hard sometimes to not take it personally when they bite you tho, when all they're reallly doing is what God / Mother Nature programmed them to do. This user has been banned from Askville.

1 i've never discussed politics with an insect so probably not likely they have consciousness. It's still hard sometimes to not take it personally when they bite you tho, when all they're reallly doing is what God / Mother Nature programmed them to do.

I've never discussed politics with an insect so probably not likely they have consciousness. It's still hard sometimes to not take it personally when they bite you tho, when all they're reallly doing is what God / Mother Nature programmed them to do.

2 I HAVE discussed politics with an insect, albeit a 175-lb one... :)More seriously, think back to the last outdoor picnic you attended. Think about the flies and ants. Think about the mosquitos.

Your brain makes you superior to them in survival instinct. But, if you have ever been plagued by a really pesky fly, you will know that there is more to that insect than simply blind impulse. You may need to employ some of your innate hunter instinct to remove it from your presence.

I HAVE discussed politics with an insect, albeit a 175-lb one... :)More seriously, think back to the last outdoor picnic you attended. Think about the flies and ants. Think about the mosquitos.

Your brain makes you superior to them in survival instinct. But, if you have ever been plagued by a really pesky fly, you will know that there is more to that insect than simply blind impulse. You may need to employ some of your innate hunter instinct to remove it from your presence.

3 I saw a documentary on the study of how grasshoppers fly once on PBS and the scientific consensus was that a grasshopper didn't even have a "brain" in the traditional sense that we think of it, and were nothing more than biological machines, preprogrammed to carry out certain functions. How true this is we may never know. Its impossible to trully understand the point of view of any living creature unless you actually WERE that creature for a time, then were able to return to human form with full knowledge of what you had experienced.

Its entirely possible that insects live lives as intricate and complex as human beings do. Just because they don't build cities or use screwdrivers does not rule them out as fully self-aware beings....

I saw a documentary on the study of how grasshoppers fly once on PBS and the scientific consensus was that a grasshopper didn't even have a "brain" in the traditional sense that we think of it, and were nothing more than biological machines, preprogrammed to carry out certain functions. How true this is we may never know. Its impossible to trully understand the point of view of any living creature unless you actually WERE that creature for a time, then were able to return to human form with full knowledge of what you had experienced.

Its entirely possible that insects live lives as intricate and complex as human beings do. Just because they don't build cities or use screwdrivers does not rule them out as fully self-aware beings....

4 Some insects build "cities". Look at ants or bees. Having said that, I think I am happy just contemplating all of this.

I have no desire to become a bee. :) .

Some insects build "cities". Look at ants or bees. Having said that, I think I am happy just contemplating all of this.

I have no desire to become a bee. :).

5 harrie999, this might interest you, a section in a book that explains in part:---------------(quoted):I went out into the country last Sunday and sat on the grass among the insect life. I said, “now I have to prove to myself that I can make an insect obey me. ” I sat still and studied the insects very carefully in order to get truly into the mentality of the insect life, and also to watch their actions.

I then said “Stop! ” and the insect stopped instantly, and I said “Go! ” and it went instantly.

I said, “Come to my foot! ” and it did exactly what I concentrated upon. I went down to the river and brought a crab out.

People there said, “What do you want to do with the crab? ” I said, “I want to put it to sleep,” and they said “Nonsense! ” I made a few passes over the crab and he stretched out his legs and went to sleep.An hour later the crab was still asleep.

I woke it up again and it scuttled into the water. The people thought this was wonderful. Yet it was nothing more than the understanding of the mental or subconscient activity of the insect life as one with our own subconscious.

There is a mind that flows all through the insect life and animal life, and it is for us to understand it and be aware of it. Daniel, in the lions’ den, understood this law, and by this very law he closed the lions’ mouths. They could not open their mouths even if they tried to; it would be an impossibility, because animals are controlled by the subconscient layer of mental strata which controls the whole of the animal life.

(“The Group Mind” some people call it. )quoted from book “Spiritual and Mental Healing” by M. MacDonald-Bayne .

Harrie999, this might interest you, a section in a book that explains in part:---------------(quoted):I went out into the country last Sunday and sat on the grass among the insect life. I said, “now I have to prove to myself that I can make an insect obey me. ” I sat still and studied the insects very carefully in order to get truly into the mentality of the insect life, and also to watch their actions.

I then said “Stop! ” and the insect stopped instantly, and I said “Go! ” and it went instantly.

I said, “Come to my foot! ” and it did exactly what I concentrated upon. I went down to the river and brought a crab out.

People there said, “What do you want to do with the crab? ” I said, “I want to put it to sleep,” and they said “Nonsense! ” I made a few passes over the crab and he stretched out his legs and went to sleep.An hour later the crab was still asleep.

I woke it up again and it scuttled into the water. The people thought this was wonderful. Yet it was nothing more than the understanding of the mental or subconscient activity of the insect life as one with our own subconscious.

There is a mind that flows all through the insect life and animal life, and it is for us to understand it and be aware of it. Daniel, in the lions’ den, understood this law, and by this very law he closed the lions’ mouths. They could not open their mouths even if they tried to; it would be an impossibility, because animals are controlled by the subconscient layer of mental strata which controls the whole of the animal life.

(“The Group Mind” some people call it. )quoted from book “Spiritual and Mental Healing” by M. MacDonald-Bayne.

I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.