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Well that's humans for you. Until proven otherwise, a species lacks intelligence, emotions and self-awareness. It was not long time ago we'd claim that for our
by mantrax5 12y ago
Well that's humans for you. Until proven otherwise, a species lacks intelligence, emotions and self-awareness.
It was not long time ago we'd claim that for our peers, based on silly traits like skin color.
By the way, I wonder where's the "proof" that humans experience emotions. I demand someone prove it to me.
- cicero 12y agoWe can't prove that other humans experience emotions; each individual only knows what he or she experiences. It's possible that everyone else is a sophisticated simulation.
- lotsofmangos 12y agoIt's possible that everyone else is a sophisticated simulation. I'm not. I'm just the output of /dev/random on a server in Iceland, converted directly into ascii by a line of perl. It is pure chance that anything I post is coming out as understandable words. vyfQUct 18x9t ngm3H60gODwOG2OpRSeSp5 7cMG3fF9
- mantrax5 12y agoThen why do we expect to prove such traits for animals? Keep in mind we use said "proofs" to justify how we treat animals used for food, experiments, hunting them for sport, and so on.