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This person's failure is not undervaluing a dog's mind. It's overvaluing a human's mind.

I mean this in the most sincere, non-edgy way: most people operate on very primitive impulses, couched in a thin veneer of civility and sociability.

We connect with dogs because theiy have been purposefully bred to be our friends. Yes, friends. You can be as reductive as you want with regards to social connections, but at the end of the day something that's loyal to you and gives you comfort is better than 95% of people you'll meet.

Compared to humans, dogs have lower self-awareness and more connection to their base nature (which, again, has been designed to help humans). This guy is just too pretentious to realize that's a good thing.