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Old Jan 30, 2011, 03:57 PM
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Originally Posted by Ygrec23 View Post
No question. I'd be a mongrel cat belonging to my wife. This is actually something to which I've devoted quite a bit of thought. I'd be happy to accept the limited intelligence of cats. I'm not at all that sure that human capacities lead in any way to happiness or satisfaction. It seems to be much more possible for a cat to live "in the now" than for people. I think I'd enjoy that very much. Take care!
Ygrec, as a cat lover, I must say I take exception to stating that cats have limited intelligence. All the cats I've ever owned were highly intelligent. The beauty of cats is the fact that they don't necessarily want their "human pets" to know just how intelligent they really are.
Thanks for this!
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