Say brehs, when will we be able to converse with animals?

[Prodigital]

Just a wondering.

Animals are getting pretty smart. Chimps using sign language, elephants using touch screens, when are we going to be able to hold full conversations with one of these creatures? And by full conversation, complex things like what they feel the meaning of life is rather than what color are apples.

I know that vocally it may not be possible, our vocal chords aren't the same, but maybe a specialized keyboard or translation device of some sorts? I think we're maybe 20-30 years out, but definitely think its within reach of possibility.

On a side note, i bet we'd already be able to communicate if we were the dominate specie in primal combat. Tigers prolly don't respect us eye to eye cause they know they could put them paws on us, not knowing what the real ramification of that gun powder is.

 

[Professor Moriarty]

Just a wondering.

Animals are getting pretty smart. Chimps using sign language, elephants using touch screens, when are we going to be able to hold full conversations with one of these creatures? And by full conversation, complex things like what they feel the meaning of life is rather than what color are apples.

I know that vocally it may not be possible, our vocal chords aren't the same, but maybe a specialized keyboard or translation device of some sorts? I think we're maybe 20-30 years out, but definitely think its within reach of possibility.

On a side note, i bet we'd already be able to communicate if we were the dominate specie in primal combat. Tigers prolly don't respect us eye to eye cause they know they could put them paws on us, not knowing what the real ramification of that gun powder is.

I don't think that any animal can talk about abstract "meaning" (like the "meaning" of life), or have real, sophisticated moral dialogue (since they really don't have "moral" systems like we do, unless you want to consider informal rules governed by various instincts a "moral" system). "Meaning" and "morality" in both these cases are inventions constructed to alleviate our own suffering and fear of the world's meaninglessness. Studying our own history teaches us this.

 

[TLR Is Mental Poison]

My dog is damn near close. When shes not happy she makes this weird groaning sound and laps her tongue like she is trying to say something. I give her 5 years. She is one smart puppy

 

[Swagnificent]

Dolphins already have language. Once we learn to decipher that we might be able to have complex convos with them. With regard to other animals, their brains might not have developed naturally to think about things at such a high level. We might have to enhance their intelligence ala planet of the apes to get an idea of what they think about shyt.

 

[jackswstd]

You really want animals to tell you to go fukk yourself? Imagine being out on a safari and you run into hungry Tiger, and before you become dinner he tells you

 

[TLR Is Mental Poison]

You really want animals to tell you to go fukk yourself? Imagine being out on a safari and you run into hungry Tiger, and before you become dinner he tells you

 

[Type Username Here]

I was just going over this last semester in one of my classes. Concepts about the mental states of animals. Does an animal have a mind?

I think that because we judge intelligence by our biases as humans (i.e., linguistic, tools, etc), we might be giving the short end of the stick to an animal like a Dolphin, which some believe can rival our own intelligence in a lot of ways.

 

[Orbital-Fetus]

pigeons flying above your dome talking about

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aNwvHEme_JE#t=3m12s

 

[Shogun]

christ I hope my dog can never talk. all day long itd be "food food food food food, walk walk walk walk walk"
I already have a wife

 

[Slaimon Khan Shah]

I'M NOT FOR SURE WHEN THIS WILL HAPPEN.

 

[AgentGrey]

christ I hope my dog can never talk. all day long itd be "food food food food food, walk walk walk walk walk"
I already have a wife

This, most animals wouldn't have anything remotely intelligent to say
It would be like talking to an adolescent.

 

[MMS]

christ I hope my dog can never talk. all day long itd be "food food food food food, walk walk walk walk walk"
I already have a wife

 

[Heretic]

I imagine talking to an animal would be like listening to all gold everything on repeat...

 

[Mowgli]

Animals are stupid and talk in 2d.

Im hungry
Im mad at you
Im sad
Im sleepy
Im angry
Leave me alone
Hey you

 

[YouMadd?]

This documentary is great...
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pmuu8UEi2ko]Koko: A Talking Gorilla [1/8] - YouTube[/ame]