fairybasslet
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agilis:I think the frontal lobe/temporal lobe removal experiment would have the same result if performed on the average advanced open water scuba diver. Put them in a group of divers or on a dive boat, and they would be hard to distinguish from regular divers. And consider Skinner's theories regarding people as basically a simple package of reflexes.
Cats and dogs are very different in that dogs were almost certainly the first domesticated animal, while cats were probably the most recent. Cats are much closer to the wild state than dogs are, a big part of their appeal. They are not, like dogs and most people, slavish slavering butt lickers.
OMG this is one of the funniest posts I have ever read.