Results: A Penny for your Thoughts
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1.
Have you ever wondered how a baby thinks?
Yes
61%
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963 votes
No
39%
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624 votes
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Self-awareness (consciousness) is the understanding that we exist as a separate individual which can choose its thoughts, rather than just experiencing things in the moment. It allows us to consider our behaviour against our morals and change it if we want to instead of just reacting instinctively. When a baby is born, when do you think they first gain consciousness? While in the mother's womb
26%
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418 votes
After observing and copying human behavior and drawing logical conclusions
19%
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306 votes
Gaining knowledge and experience through trial and error
16%
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259 votes
By a gradual transition from instinct
16%
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251 votes
Neural gatways are built, synapses connect and suddenly they have the capacity to think
11%
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174 votes
Undecided
23%
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371 votes
Other (please specify)
1%
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11 votes
Not Applicable
17%
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263 votes
| Other Answers | Percentage | Votes |
| 0.28% | 5 | |
| don't know | 0.06% | 1 |
| around age 3 | 0.06% | 1 |
| by college graduation. hopefully | 0.06% | 1 |
| pre-conception | 0.06% | 1 |
| 2 years old | 0.06% | 1 |
| around four years old | 0.06% | 1 |
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