Self awareness has been defined as being aware of your own awareness. This test shows whether or not the subject is aware of the correlation between its body and the image in the mirror. It’s not entirely clear what “awareness” is, but it’s clearly in no way related to the correlation between your body and the image in a mirror. You’d have to be aware of your physical self to do it, but not your mental self.
It’s a puzzle. It measures intelligence just like any other puzzle. Calling what it measures “self-awareness” is little more than a pun.
Self awareness has been defined as being aware of your own awareness. This test shows whether or not the subject is aware of the correlation between its body and the image in the mirror. It’s not entirely clear what “awareness” is, but it’s clearly in no way related to the correlation between your body and the image in a mirror. You’d have to be aware of your physical self to do it, but not your mental self.
It’s a puzzle. It measures intelligence just like any other puzzle. Calling what it measures “self-awareness” is little more than a pun.