sundray@lemmus.org to Comic Strips@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agoDo animals have emotions like us?lemmus.orgimagemessage-square155fedilinkarrow-up1781arrow-down114file-text
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minus-squarestebo@lemmy.dbzer0.comcakelinkfedilinkarrow-up22arrow-down3·edit-22 days agothey obviously have emotions, just a bit less complex ones, but it’s pretty clear they’re not just robots
minus-squareFuglyDuck@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22·2 days agoJust because we understand their emotions only on a basic level doesn’t mean they’re not more complicated. There is a lot we don’t understand and can’t understand.
minus-squarestebo@lemmy.dbzer0.comcakelinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down5·2 days agotheir brains are a lot smaller though, so less complex
minus-squarebitchkat@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 days agoSo you’re saying my 10 lb jack russell has less complex brain than a Labrador Retriever?
minus-squareMindTraveller@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·2 days agoHow do you know cats don’t experience sonder? Did you ask one? No, you just assumed
minus-squaresundray@lemmus.orgOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·2 days agoTwo monks were passing by a little pond where there were some ducks, and the first monk said, “Look at how happy those ducks are!” The second monk said, “You are not a duck. You can’t know if they are happy.” The first monk replied, “You are not me. You can’t know that I cannot.”
minus-squareFishbone@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·17 hours agoThe takeaway from this is that half of all monks may or may not have duck telepathy, yes?
minus-squaresundray@lemmus.orgOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·17 hours agoIt’s a zen parable, so… yes.
minus-squareAngryCommieKender@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·2 days agoI’ve asked my cats loads of questions. Not one has given a comprehensive answer.
minus-squareNobodyElse@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 days agoHad to look that up too. My immediate reaction was wondering if Thalasin works for them too? https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Td2x8s9GZlo
minus-squareAngryCommieKender@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 days agoInsects on the other hand are pretty much nature’s robots.
they obviously have emotions, just a bit less complex ones, but it’s pretty clear they’re not just robots
Just because we understand their emotions only on a basic level doesn’t mean they’re not more complicated.
There is a lot we don’t understand and can’t understand.
their brains are a lot smaller though, so less complex
So you’re saying my 10 lb jack russell has less complex brain than a Labrador Retriever?
How do you know cats don’t experience sonder? Did you ask one? No, you just assumed
Two monks were passing by a little pond where there were some ducks, and the first monk said, “Look at how happy those ducks are!”
The second monk said, “You are not a duck. You can’t know if they are happy.”
The first monk replied, “You are not me. You can’t know that I cannot.”
The takeaway from this is that half of all monks may or may not have duck telepathy, yes?
It’s a zen parable, so… yes.
I’ve asked my cats loads of questions. Not one has given a comprehensive answer.
sonwhat?
Had to look that up too. My immediate reaction was wondering if Thalasin works for them too?
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Td2x8s9GZlo
Insects on the other hand are pretty much nature’s robots.