It all started long ago. Somehow during that still mysterious time of neuronal arrangement an ancestor realized its brain could carry simple reasoning. The new device might have enabled the brain to ask a question. Perhaps the brain noted nausea, and our poor ancestor just blurted out, "why am I feeling so shitty?" Was it that smelly caveman last night, or was it that weird green plant I ingested or what about the presidential election?"
All kinds of animals can figure out what makes them sick. Rats remember shit like that. They learn. That sort of simple associative reasoning abounds in the animal kingdom. What does not abound is the capacity to ask the next questions. "Why did the plant make me sick?" "How can I avoid that crap?" Sustained syllogistic reasoning, the capacity to state a major premise, then a minor one, followed by a deductive belief conclusion...our species alone can do that...pretty amazing! "I can't believe I ate that shit again!!"
Draw your own conclusions about yourself...after all, it's just my version of the truth, and I could be wrong...Doc
