(2003-04-23) Self Aware Animals

From foreward to Michael Crichton's Prey: The only animals for which Self Awareness has been convincingly demonstrated are Human Being-s, chimpanzees, and orangutans. Contrary to widespread belief, claims for other animals such as dolphins and monkeys have not been unambiguously proven.

Freeman Dyson reviewed in terms of the Bill Joy/Grey Goo argument. SlashDot thread .