You can KNOW things without THINKING about them

Most of the folks on this forum value thinking, logic, reason etc.
I say it is not that important. yes, it has value, but thoughts are overvalued.
Example: You are sitting on the couch and you call your dog Skippy, "come here, Skippy!" Skippy looks like he's considering jumping up but instead he goes to his little doggy bed and lies there. WHY? Because he KNEW without any thinking that he had no interest in being on the couch.
Human beings add onto that knowledge by creating thoughts around it. "Why would i want to jump onto that couch? Does he think he's my boss? etc etc" would be a typical human way of responding in that situation.
My point is, thoughts are not always necessary or better than using basic primal responses. Just like a dog or a cat might do.
We add logical processes ontop of things but that doesnt make it more efficient.
In many ways we are LESS efficient than the common chipmunk.

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