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> 2) The vast majority of people who eat meat do not support the farming and slaughter of dogs. They're tremendously emotionally intelligent, social creatures.
by adolph 4y ago
> 2) The vast majority of people who eat meat do not support the farming and slaughter of dogs. They're tremendously emotionally intelligent, social creatures.
How about farming those pigs?
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/animal-emotions/201307/are-pigs-smart-dogs-and-does-it-really-matter https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/animal-emotions/2013...
- rrrrrrrrrrrryan 4y agoI didn't say that dogs are both emotional and intelligent, I said they're emotionally intelligent, meaning they can understand the emotions of humans. Pigs and octopuses may be more objectively intelligent than dogs by most measures (problem solving, memory, etc.). But much worse at empathizing with us, so in return, we empathize less with them.
- adolph 4y agoTherefore? "empathizing with us" == "emotionally intelligent" If dogs rather than pigs and octopuses gain human empathy through the appearance of understanding the emotions of humans, is intelligence in this sense equivalent to manipulative capability?