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> If there's no test to distinguish between "fake" emotions and actual emotions, then is it even a meaningful question? You can take it one step further and as
by staticelf 11y ago
> If there's no test to distinguish between "fake" emotions and actual emotions, then is it even a meaningful question?
You can take it one step further and ask if there is even a difference?
- foldr 11y agoWe know that there is a difference in humans at least, because there's such a thing as acting.
- branchless 11y agoAre dogs really sorry when they eat the sofa? Or pretending?
- nervousvarun 11y agoPersonally I think it's similar to children. Below a certain age/maturity level they only know that they've done something wrong because they can read our emotional reaction...but they have no real idea why it's wrong. That understanding comes later for children but never happens w/ dogs.
- foldr 11y agoDogs are certainly not pretending in the way that a human actor is pretending. The question is whether or not dogs are really feeling an emotion. We know that humans can look as if they're feeling a particular emotion without actually feeling it because we know that they can pretend (convincingly) to feel it. So we know that in general, it is possible for someone or something to give the appearance of feeling an emotion without actually feeling it. So, we know that the fact that a dog looks sad is not particularly good evidence that it is actually feeling sad.