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I have stepped on a dogs foot. It made a “Yipe!” noise and leapt back. Then it approached me “submissively”, with it’s head held low and tail down. It seems rat
by rembicilious 5y ago
I have stepped on a dogs foot. It made a “Yipe!” noise and leapt back. Then it approached me “submissively”, with it’s head held low and tail down.
It seems rather “obvious” to me that the animal felt pain, reacted suddenly to the sensation, and then completely changed it’s demeanour towards me.
- alickz 5y agoI believe the person you're responding to is referencing solipsism. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solipsism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solipsism
- forty 5y agoYes, something like this. For all we know, everything else might just be a big chemical reaction, with no pain involved. The dog reaction might just be like a reflex. The only reason why we know it own pain exist is, well, because it hurts :) (But once again, I think the theory that other people and animals also feel pain is reasonable and probably the truth)