I'm aware that this article would be more suited to the science or philosophy section, but I am still a new member, so am restricted to posting in the welcome area.

The Christmas and new year issue of New Scientist had an article of a discussion between a journalist (Jeff Warren), a comparative neuroanatomist (whatever that is)(Lori Marino) and a mathematician(Ben Goertzel), who had worked at the Singularity Institute (a strange blend of AI computer models and biology).

The conversation mainly revolves around consciousness in animals and how the habitat of an animal could shape the way it looks at the world. I hope people find it interesting, I certainly did. The double page spread is attached.

Sorry about the big file size to the people with slow connections, any smaller and reading the text would be difficult.

For anyone who isn't familiar with New Scientist, it is a weekly science mag published in the UK. I recommend it highly.