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Originally Posted by Textcritic
They do not plan for the future; they do not anticipate consequences; they do not "remember" past experiences or events (at least not in the ame sense that we do). They respond or reacte.
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Ah yes Classical conditioning theory, but Text, you also bring up the more philisophical point of are human beings just comprised to various operant and classical conditioning responses?
Obviously Text, we'll never be able to see inside an animal's head any time soon and know whether or not they think about the future (is their any particular way to know that even for a fact?). I mean a squirrel gathers reserves of nuts, a bear eats a lot of food in order to prepare for the long hibernation period, I guess in some ways that is future oriented.