fossilesque@mander.xyzM to Biodiversity@mander.xyzEnglish · 5 months agoIt’s ‘irresponsible’ to ignore widespread consciousness across animal world, dozens of scientists arguethehill.comexternal-linkmessage-square29fedilinkarrow-up1425arrow-down111
arrow-up1414arrow-down1external-linkIt’s ‘irresponsible’ to ignore widespread consciousness across animal world, dozens of scientists arguethehill.comfossilesque@mander.xyzM to Biodiversity@mander.xyzEnglish · 5 months agomessage-square29fedilink
minus-squareBarbarian@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down5·edit-25 months agoSo a child isn’t sentient in your opinion? I’ve always understood sentience as the ability to have experiences, memories, and emotion (which is different from the paper’s definition, that was my layman definition).
So a child isn’t sentient in your opinion? I’ve always understood sentience as the ability to have experiences, memories, and emotion (which is different from the paper’s definition, that was my layman definition).