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It is interesting to read people's views on animal testing. Some are very empathetic while others view every other species as inferior and worth nothing compare
by eljimmy 9y ago
It is interesting to read people's views on animal testing. Some are very empathetic while others view every other species as inferior and worth nothing compared to a human life. Obviously the advancement of our species is important but we definitely think far too highly of ourselves when we consider how destructive we are to this planet and all its inhabitants.
- AnIdiotOnTheNet 9y agoHardly surprising when you consider that, historically, people considered other human beings worth nothing compared to their tribe, race, or religion.
- contoraria 9y agoThis is no surprise when you have people think like that about other humans. In what dimension do you measure hight of thought? I guess on the one hand this could be linked to the architecture of the brain, directly translating to some topological notion. On the other hand, you might simply argue that others and self are on two different planes of existence and that higher consciousness is not concerned with just self and emotions, but with thoughts of thoughts ... per se, on very high levels of abstractions. And as those thought models are, if the bayesian crowd is to be any judge, highly probabilistic, those thoughts are just hypothetical. So, you are just saying they harbour wrong thoughts. They (we) are painfully aware of the possibility, but not very precisely. Then, in absence of other viable theories, they run with it. In effect, I guess, if they have a low opinion of other creatures, they might not have a high opinion of themselves.