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That’s our failure. Not theirs. One huge failure is thinking that animals should care to learn anything we teach them.
by perfmode 8y ago
That’s our failure. Not theirs.
One huge failure is thinking that animals should care to learn anything we teach them.
- whatshisface 8y agoIf animals are unable to direct their attention towards learning to do something, that's functionally identitical to them not being able to do it. Even in an alternate universe where the only reason dogs can't speak English is that they can't work up the focus to sit down with a copy of Strunk and White, it would still be correct to say that animals lack the capacity for language.
- perfmode 8y agoYou're assuming that not doing something implies an inability. Does the fact that I have not adopted your position imply that I am unable to do so? Why can't I be unwilling?