How you remember things is a part of your personality and experiences. If the difference is only defined in terms of quantity, then animal thought could conceivable evolve to the equal status of human thought. If the qualitative difference is a result of a critical mass reached through the quantitative accumulation, then an animal could reach human terms through mere increase of intelligence. In the one a response happens, in the other no physical response is required. They have acquired cause-effect associations in their behavioral responses, but they don't know this.
People see things in terms of abstract concepts and metaphysical ideals.
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