Ashley Bailey6 said:You're leaning too hard on philosophy instead of sticking to the facts.
Why would you even think that given the first point?
They exist for us. They created a dependency on humans and moved away from the wild. Dogs embraced that role perfectly.
Cats are more like parasites—exactly what we fight against at every level.
And they aren't even aware that we recognize them as vastly inferior.
I wasn't actually comparing raw intelligence.
I meant that all those neurons are useless if a dog ends up being more capable of intelligent functions by the end of the day.
More intelligent within our world, where both animals are just guests.
How many dead dogs do you see on the street compared to cats?
How long can a cat use its intelligence to survive as a loner?
And how long does a dumb dog live in someone's house? Who comes out ahead in terms of total intelligence?
Why am I disparaging the sense of smell?
Because it's a core component of overall intelligence.
It's like if I were to disparage a cat's whiskers; some people just act superior.
p.s. You're arguing immaturely and condescendingly without any actual substance.
That only applies to those dumb dogs we basically captured and put to work like slaves. Cats chose us because we had extra stuff lying around, and they figured out a tactic to charm us by catching mice and other pests. They played us.
You weren't comparing
intelligence, you just said a dog is
more capable of
intelligent functions? 😂
And you still haven't explained how predicting epilepsy is an "intelligent function" when it’s just a dog using its nose because you trained it to be a tool. The dog doesn't know what epilepsy is. You're tripping if you think
the dog uses its nose to recognize a seizure. It's not like that.
The human uses the dog's nose to recognize the seizure.
Besides, where am I gonna find stray dogs? This isn't some rural village.
More people die daily in a city like Chicago than cats die on the streets (relative to their populations). Does that mean a cat is smarter than a human?
I don't get the question. A sheltered cat lives just as long as a sheltered dog. But a stray cat definitely has a better shot at surviving than a stray dog. Most dogs couldn't even figure out how to get into a trash can to eat.
Don't get why I'm "downplaying" smell by calling it a sense rather than intelligence. I've never heard anyone say, "Wow, you're so smart because you have great vision or hearing."
