2006-11-20 07:59:10 · 9 answers · asked by SEAN B 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Zoology
They have no cerebral cortex, what we commonly associate with a higher conscience. A higher conscience is what a human has, the big grey matter of the brain. & most scientists (a Philosophers) agree that this is where the seat of a person is. The "I" as it where. The voice in your head that says "oh, I'm alive", so;
No, probably not. but it depends if the cerebral cortex is where the "I" of a thing is.
2006-11-20 08:07:06 · answer #1 · answered by mexican_seafooduk 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Worms should know that they are alive!
2006-11-20 08:09:02 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes...when I grew up as a worm..I knew that I was alive.
2006-11-20 08:08:18 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
If you had 10,000 worms and 10,000 type writers, the worms would be able to write every question ever asked on Yahoo Answers.
2006-11-20 08:07:50 · answer #4 · answered by Azathoth 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Worms don't "know" anything. Such primitive nervous systems do not have the capacity for accumulating knowledge in any real sense. Worms react to stimuli, that's about it. And even when they do that, they don't know they are doing it.
2006-11-20 10:31:22 · answer #5 · answered by PaulCyp 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Feeding and reproduction shows they are alive. Trying to escape water and predators shows they know they are alive and are trying to stay that way. In my opinion, yes: any creature that will deliberately try to preserve its own life knows that it is alive.
2006-11-20 08:15:13 · answer #6 · answered by Enigma®Ragnarökin' 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not that they care, but yeah they do.... What kind of stupid question is this?
They eat, reproduce and tunnel, they have to do these things, so yeah they must know.....
Does a rock know it isnt alive?
2006-11-20 08:26:14 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If they can grasp the concept of being alive, then i guess they do!
2006-11-20 08:00:50 · answer #8 · answered by Welshchick 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Please be more specific. What KINDS of worms?
2006-11-20 08:02:03 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋