Ex:

0d A Rock
1d AC Tree
2d ABC Puppy
3d ABCZ Human

A - Self
B - Barrier
C - Goal
Z - X Variable of 4d Knowledge

A rock understands the force applied to it, and it processes its movement based on the interference between those forces

Trees do understand forces applied to them, but they also understand an ideal state of living by certain measurements (how much water they have, for ex) and they process their movement based on their highest functions first, even though the more fundamental functions are "more important"

Animals understand all these things, but also another thing: Barriers (B). Trees go in a straight line towards goals (they have bends in them, but they themselves go straight) and as close to straight when blocked. Animals process barriers as things that need to specifically be reacted to in order to over come and acquire resources (C) (a maze, a territorial animal) rather than just merely taking the straightest line

The only thing that humans do differently than animals is that they have the ability to look for problems to solve when there "aren't any", in case the findings happen to be helpful later

Humans don't magically feel pain (lack of something perceived as important) better than animals or plants (and we don't have a greater ability to believe with all our emotions that our experiences matter) just because people think we're divinely separated from animals. Pets look for love and attention in the same way children do -- when they are bored and loney, not the same way our guitars and possessions do -- when we feel a compulsion to give attention. Usually they look for attention in ways we find annoying (to take away our concentration, lol)

The implication of knowing things (B) are between one's self and one's goal is that one also has the ability to see how other beings benefit one's self. Most animals are social beings, but that doesn't mean they're inherently extroverted
The only thing that makes humans different is that we have the ability to know that our search for love (Social Interaction) and God (Something that doesn't change over time) are the forces that cause us to deny our Logic.
Otherwords, everyone acts like animals because we are, but accepting that a lot of what we do is derived from our environment is what allows us to move on from simply being controlled by it

Obviously, this post isn't about treating people the same way as one treats animals because I'm still saying they are on another awareness level

And

Treating animals like they aren't smart enough to know when we're talking about them is rude, lol
But we can talk about trees behind they're bark all we want