In all their brilliance, the scientists at the Francis Crick Memorial Conference at Churchill College, University of Cambridge declared on July 7, 2012 that non-human animals including all mammals, birds and some other creatures have consciousness. They went about it in their usual very scientific manner looking at behavior, neurophysiology and neuroanatomy. Here's the full Declaration. Well duh. Granted it is a step in the right direction for science to acknowledge that animals, marine … [Read more...]