There’s plenty reason to suspect other animals are capable of this experience. We know for example that elephants will mourn their dead. Spend any time with a d

There’s plenty reason to suspect other animals are capable of this experience. We know for example that elephants will mourn their dead. Spend any time with a dog and you’ll realize they too are clearly affected when their loved ones are gone. As far as I’m aware, the overall trend is that as we learn more and more about animals, they consistently have richer and more complex lives than we thought they had previously. “Non-human animals can’t experience complex emotion” is the bold claim that relies on unproven exceptionalism. That is the claim we have no evidence for.