Thinking is what we need to adapt. So yes to survive we need to think.

If an accident happens to you, you can think as much as you want it will not help you to adapt... You would rather need medication and relax/rest.

good idea

get it?

GET IT?!

Medication.. which comes from thinking. You missed my point entirely.

I'm sure I read somthing where some animals can actually dream...
Also, they do have emotions, it's so easy to see if you're around them asmuch as me.
Some animals know they're going to do it...
The only thing that seperates us from other animals is a rational mind.

not necessarily rational

bob marley was referring to self doubt in that quote,

and I'm pretty sure "je pense, donc je suis" means I think therefor I am ,I interpret that as your own conscious state of mind being what defines you, I don't think it has anything to do with only humans being able to think.

but If what you're asking is can we live on just primal instincts, like sleep eat breath etc
then I think yes, to an extent, but you have to have some form of decision making skills, even animals do. Our mind frame as it is today isn't much different from animals, we just have amazing tools and more complicated ways of pleasing yourself, everything else is just about the same in it's own way.
all we do in life is sleep,
work for money to buy food = hunting to get food
look for a woman to be with and make babies
etc etc etc
if you think about it, if you just took away civilization/technology along with vocal communication, on the outside we would basically be your idea of animals with no minds, only doing what you have to do to get your next meal or place to sleep.

that being said who's to say animals can't think? or to take it a step further whose to say they aren't having intelligent thoughts/ form of communication? A lot of evidence is showing certain animals are infact extremely smart, vocal and emotional. A few years ago groups of elephants in captivity all started attacking people and trying to rampage simultaneously and was such a problem that scientists studying it thought they were trying to revolt, they have even found areas where elephants have buried their dead and have recorded elephants in mourning weeks after losing a member of their group, only eating bare minimum and sleeping longer then usual . Turtles who mate for life and not only mate for life but stay close to their partner for over a hundred years never leaving them alone. Monkeys and hipos who go out of their way to help a animal in danger that isn't even of their same species.
the list goes on.

This post was edited by HappyWarrior on Nov 13 2012 02:58am

Thinking revolves around your brain so i'd say so

Same with something as simple as our senses. Imagine not being able to taste foods that enjoy everyday?
Every bodily function is a thinking process and triggers a chemical which is generally what the brain is made up of as far as our thinking process's go.

Essentially do we NEED to think to live? No.
Life also wouldn't be as enjoyable if you we'rent able to make decisions that intrigue you but then again we wouldn't really know what those decisions are if we didn't have them from day 1 as a human race.

Good troll topic

Op couldn't be more wrong on this topic

Descartes stated cogito ergo sum, or "I think therefore I am" in an effort to prove that since he is thinking, there is no other conslusion to draw except that he exists.
That was the point of that.

Now, if one doesn't think, he will either starve, or freeze, or get hit by a car in the middle of the street, etc.

Your body may be what tells you to eat, but your brain is what processes that information.

Think of it this way: your stomach growls. would you go pick an apple off of a tree without pondering your hunger first? your body knowing you're hungry is not the same as your brain knowing youre hungry.

if we didnt think we would never react to what our body is telling us. our stomach would growl, and we wouldnt even be able to understand why.

thought is detrimental to survival.

maybe there's a possibility of survival without thought in a world where free will doesnt exist (note: that's doesnt exist, not isnt applied)