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[-] falseWhite@programming.dev 95 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

he believes cats are semi-feral and that they think we are cats too

Ok, so it's just something someone believes, it's not very scientific... They don't really provide much evidence other than belief

[-] massive_bereavement@fedia.io 62 points 3 days ago

Probably this is yet another case of a journalist spinning yarn out of some poor researcher's paper summary, and then being quoted out of context.

[-] Zerush@lemmy.ml 17 points 2 days ago

Cats don't see you as cat, but also not as someone superior, they can see you as friend, but you have to gain it, if not, you are only an tin opener and food supply. They are anarchists by nature.

[-] falseWhite@programming.dev 2 points 2 days ago

They are more like little dictators.

What the article implies is that they do not understand that we are different species. The relationship between cats and humans is a whole other area. But I don't believe cats are stupid or have somehow evolved to believe humans are the same species as them.

[-] Zerush@lemmy.ml 10 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Certainly they are far from beeing stupid, but they simply don't have an concept of leaders or hirarchy. You can even train them to do tricks, but it is more difficult as with dogs, not because they are more stupid, but because they must see a reason and have the desire to do it. It's in their nature, in nature it's up to their own strategy and decisions whether they're going to eat or not, there's no herd or a leader that tells them what to do. This is the difference with dogs, nothing to do with intellectual capacity, perfectly equivalent, females are usually somewhat smarter than males, but just as in dogs, there are individual differences, as it also happens with us humans.

[-] REDACTED@infosec.pub 16 points 3 days ago

When I had a dog, I used to think my dog thinks he will grow just as big as me and will join my daily routine, which was a bit depressing when you think about it

[-] JackbyDev@programming.dev 2 points 2 days ago

Ermmm actually you "just believe" the earth is round. /s /most obvious s

[-] MissJinx@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

tbf i don't think my cat is 100% domesticated lol

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