They understand it the same way we do.
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
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Rekorse@sh.itjust.works 3 days agoThey 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 days ago
Rekorse@sh.itjust.works 3 days ago
Elephants mourn their dead family members. Is that a bad example?
hans@feddit.org 3 days ago
this is not proof that they understand that they, themselves, might die.
baconsunday@lemmy.zip 3 days ago
Here ya go. Since you can’t research or discover things on your own. Rather you just parade through the comments of this post looking for anyone to show you peer reviewed papers of animals who are studied understanding death.
…washington.edu/…/0d98a4dc-1084-480a-9b66-dc2b994…
hans@feddit.org 3 days ago
I think you misread “mortality” as “morality”
Rekorse@sh.itjust.works 3 days 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 days ago
how do you know what they want?
Rekorse@sh.itjust.works 3 days ago
Because they do what they want. You can see it.
hans@feddit.org 3 days ago
two different things
Rekorse@sh.itjust.works 3 days ago
How so? Its the same thing I just said it two ways.