speciesbounded

Speciesbounded refers to the concept that the behaviors, cognitive abilities, and even the perception of reality for any given species are inherently limited by its biological makeup and evolutionary history. This means that a particular species can only understand or interact with the world in ways that are compatible with its specific sensory apparatus, neurological structures, and physical form. For example, a bat's echolocation ability allows it to perceive its environment in a way that is inaccessible to a human, while a human's capacity for abstract thought and language is beyond the cognitive scope of a bat.

This limitation is not a deficiency but rather a specialization that enables a species to thrive within its particular ecological niche. What might seem like a constraint from an outside perspective is, in fact, a finely tuned set of adaptations. The idea suggests that true interspecies understanding, in terms of fully grasping another species' subjective experience or consciousness, may be impossible due to these fundamental speciesbounded differences. Our own "common sense" is, therefore, species-specific common sense, shaped by human evolution and biology.