timtyler comments on Why the beliefs/values dichotomy? - Less Wrong

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Comment author: timtyler 21 October 2009 03:57:26PM 0 points [-]

Incidentally, I did not claim that dogs can perform abstract thinking - I'm not clear on where you are getting that idea from.

Comment author: SilasBarta 21 October 2009 05:25:37PM 0 points [-]

You said that the dog had a belief that a bark is always followed by a poker prod. This posits separate entities and a way that they interact, which looks to me like abstract thought.

Comment author: timtyler 21 October 2009 07:24:37PM 0 points [-]

The definition of "abstract thought" seems like a can of worms to me.

I don't really see why I should go there.