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If the mice respond in a way that indicates a fear response, why would you not consider that as strong evidence for the experience of fear? I would also add tha
by hackinthebochs 13y ago
If the mice respond in a way that indicates a fear response, why would you not consider that as strong evidence for the experience of fear? I would also add that verbalizing an "experience" is a behavior just the same as a "fear response" action being observed. Both types of evidence have the same problem of extrapolating the inner mind by external behavior.
If it walks like a duck, quacks like a duck, then its a duck. That's the best we can do for now, whether mice or men.
- DanBC 13y ago> If it walks like a duck, quacks like a duck, then its a duck. That's the best we can do for now, whether mice or men. That doesn't sound particularly scientific. Sometimes a bit of precision with language is nice.
- Dylan16807 13y agoYes, that's a fear response, but there's still a missing link. The mice associate blue-cage-related-thoughts with pain, but that doesn't mean they have any memory of being hurt inside a blue cage. They might just remember the time they were considering blue cages and got punished. In short: just because their test activated a memory doesn't mean it created one