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We don’t have to assume with humans. We can introspect our emotions and discuss them with others. Though we can’t be precise, we can understand and distinguish
by simondotau 6mo ago
We don’t have to assume with humans. We can introspect our emotions and discuss them with others. Though we can’t be precise, we can understand and distinguish concepts like shame vs humiliation which appear to be (effectively) universal to the human experience.
That is a world apart from seeing an octopus react to something and assuming that anything resembling emotions are involved at all.
- jjk166 6mo ago> We can introspect our emotions and discuss them with others. And theory of mind is how you can know what someone is thinking without them telling you.
- simondotau 6mo agoBecause we have prior knowledge to rely on.
- jjk166 6mo agoAs opposed to built in neural pathways or pheromone responses.