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[–]Rival67 0 points1 point ago


Cogitative recursion. Being able to encapsulate ideas within ideas or meta thinking. It's the basis of higher level thinking. Many animals can make simple associations with symbols to real world objects but it's humans that expand upon this and allow ideas to be used like a jigsaw puzzle to create rules and systems all within the mind.