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Seriously: If you value it, take/fetch it yourself
What they do have is selfishness - which I think it's rather telling how many people attribute to higher intelligence.
Seriously: If you value it, take/fetch it yourself
I have also noticed after a lifetime of being around cats that they're not as solitary or selfish as purported to be. They are very social creatures, and bond unbelievably closely with their "family". I've seen some of ours grieve intensely when one of the family passes away, human or feline.
Just my 2p, YMMV.
And as for cats buggering off? Yes, but if they are happy in the environment and the "owner" returns, they will too. I adopted 2 semi-feral kittens who managed to escape after a few months. 5 years later they are still living locally and will come and say hello and be stroked by me but no-one else. Not pack behaviour, as there is no dependance on an Alpha, just being where they want to be. As I said, more of a genuine social structure.
No disrespect to any dog owners here, but it's true that a dog does what it's told. A cat does what it wants.
Dog would study drummer.
Dog would conclude "Hang on, I can do that..."
Dog feels superior.
Dog eats drummer.
Dog is happy.
Seriously: If you value it, take/fetch it yourself
Our brain is just as much a collection of organs as the rest of our body.
We've a part of the brain called the interpreter that will justify whatever it is we just did - it sounds like something Douglas Adams would invent but no, it's real. Use post-hypnotic suggestion on someone to get them to bark on use of a trigger word and they're interpreter (part of the brain) will tell them it was a cough or a gasp of surprise. Some people use it to excuse their mistakes (it holds them back), other people use it to begin doing something they don't want to do ... start doing it and the interpreter backs you up..
The Parasympathetic and sympathetic nervous systems - the SNS takes over in stress situations and provokes the sense of fear or aggression that clouds our judgement... often when the stimulus is taken away, the PNS kicks in and often people fall asleep - Napolean used to use this in battle, trick the enemy into beleiving the threat had passed - the found he needed a tenth the number of the soldiers that the opposition had remaining. People were falling asleep and not from exhaustion.
Our brain releases dopamine (one of the pleasure neurotransmitters) when we perform repetitive tasks, but this also goes for repetitive behaviour, even destructive behaviour.
It also releases cortisol (a stress chemical) when we do something we don't usually do - this can be excitement or fear, but each brain sees it differently - due to conditioning, I don't like heights, the stress it creates impairs my balance, confidence and strength.
Once you take away the misbelief that a God made us and therefore we must be perfect, you see all sorts of regions where the brain misfires even in the normal brain. Conflicts, patterns of dysfunction etc. Most conflicts are created by people being unaware of their brains short-comings, and/or getting caught up in them.
I like cats, I like dogs ... I don't think either are any smarter or dumber than us, they just have different perceptions and values and as the old saying goes "Perspective is worth 80 IQ points"