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Rekorse@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks agoNot true at all, many animals share the same emotions as humans, who are animals themselves.
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Rekorse@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks agoNot true at all, many animals share the same emotions as humans, who are animals themselves.
hans@feddit.org 3 weeks ago
they may have emotions, but this doesn’t entail that they understand personal mortality.
Rekorse@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
They understand it the same way we do. Just because we created stories and religion around it doesnt mean we experience it any different. They understand, just like we do, pain is bad and food and water are good. Just because we can write papers about the subject doesnt make the feeling different.
hans@feddit.org 3 weeks ago
I think you misread “mortality” as “morality”
Rekorse@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
Not wanting to die/wanting to stay alive is proof animals understand mortality. Its the same impulses that keep humans alive as well.
hans@feddit.org 3 weeks ago
if you could point me to the animal cognitive-behaviorist paper that supports this claim, is be happy to read it
I think you are making that up
Rekorse@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
Elephants mourn their dead family members. Is that a bad example?