Posted: Jun 02, 2015 4:02 pm
by Darwinsbulldog
DavidMcC wrote:
Darwinsbulldog wrote:Ganglia/brains of about 10,000 plus neurons can think. So if a drosophila can think, then a baby human can.

What counts as "thinking" in a drosophila, DB?


Making rational decisions, including strategy from complex, and often contradictory inputs. In other words, they are not automata ruled by instinct. On occasion, they may even outperform human teenagers. They learn. They have memory, they understand time. They can even forgo immediate pleasure for a pay-off of a longer term goal. They are not so very different. granted they are not very good at quantum mechanics, but who is?? :grin: :grin:
They are even vulnerable to the black dog and get drunk.