Thanks, I'm fairly sure I know what you mean.
In order to combat the fact that life is a mystery and to survive, we use language to make sense of the world.
We, as in all of us?
How do animals reason and solve problems without language? For example, octopi are notorious for being able to solve puzzles.
(I'll tell you what I'm thinking next post.)
You'll probably dig this.
That was really interesting. It awesome when individuals with an understanding of neuroscience have these incredible experiences that they can later explain intellectually to others.
Its a good question. I of course do not know the perspective of animals so I can only speculate. But I don't think that animals "understand" the world, at least not intellectually. Animals do not try to reason about the way things are and they do not pass judgement over their experience. It may be something like what Buddhist's call "being in the moment." Perhaps they are in a constant state of being in the moment? In such a state, an individual can still function and survive as easily as any other organism; they simply do not pass judgement over their experience or try to make sense of it. Again, I can only speculate but it is something to ponder. Good question :)