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I would amend that list and add conscience and the ability to question what is moral or not. Animals in some cases may have limited capabilities, but other anim
by yareally 14y ago
I would amend that list and add conscience and the ability to question what is moral or not. Animals in some cases may have limited capabilities, but other animals, such as cats and their sadistic behaviors, I would question.
- tokipin 14y agothat reminds me of this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-KSryJXDpZo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-KSryJXDpZo in the full talk, the speaker goes on to mention that some monkeys who were receiving the good reward would refuse to accept it until their counterpart was also given the good reward
- xk_id 14y agoSomebody else posted this in the same thread: http://www.ted.com/talks/robert_sapolsky_the_uniqueness_of_humans.html http://www.ted.com/talks/robert_sapolsky_the_uniqueness_of_h.... It overviews sharp distinctions between the behaviours of animals and humans.