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There is something really amusing about how Percy (the cat) attempts to bribe me with cuddles in order to get food. It never works, the cats food is via an auto-feeder with a timer. But he tries anyway. Makes me wonder...does this cat have a theory of the mind?
Because the sort of thinking that ends with, "the human provides food, the human *likes* when I brush against his leg and sit on his lap, so I will do these things in an effort to get food" feels like a surprisingly complex line of thinking for an animal with a tiny little brain.
As an aside, I don't think its an operant conditioning behavior because it never works. Oddly, the auto-feeders mean I can be really confident that it never works and the food happens at exactly the same time regardless.
As a species they're pretty damn good at training their subjects, I mean cohabitants.
My understanding (from a book I probably read close to a decade ago) is that cats are worse at it than dogs, which I assumed was because cats are solitary animals. They have a basic grasp of cause and effect, but don't recognize context that can affect it so well.
Or something. It's been a while since I read whatever book that was.
Entire religions have operated on the principle that continued worship is required to maintain cycles of existence, without expectation of immediate individual benefit. Might be similar for cats. Give the big powerful thing cuddles to ensure that the magic food keeps appearing.
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