Mind Drain - Zendikar Rising

"Mind or Instinct: An Inquiry Concerning the Manifestation of Mind by the Lower Orders of Animals" is an 1843 essay by American anthropologist Lewis H. Morgan. Published under the pseudonym "Aquarius" in The Knickerbocker, the essay argues that humans and other animals share the same intellectual principle and differ only in degree. Morgan draws on his rural upbringing, classical studies, interest in natural history, anecdotal reports, and classical authorities to discuss animal memory, abstraction, imagination, and reasoning. He rejects the view that animal behaviour is guided by instinct alone and ends with reflections on the ethical treatment of animals.