Are crows "persons" now? http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2014/02/10/that-gave-me-goosebumps-watch-007-the-crow-effortlessly-solve-an-8-step-complex-puzzle/# … Seriously, if there's a killjoy explanation for this, I'd like to hear it.
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@St_Rev Might start w/definition once thought to exclude non-human animals: "A being with the capacity to reason and choose." Add criteria? -
@NineBandedBooks I think personhood is transactional: it's a construct you extend to entities that are capable of extending it to you. -
@St_Rev@NineBandedBooks If you ask a crow it'll say, "Hey, it's amazing that you can ask such a question. You're almost as smart as me." -
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@NineBandedBooks Actually my argument is here & don't have much to add: http://st-rev.livejournal.com/281849.html -
@St_Rev Don't exactly disagree. I mean to observe only that so much presumptive authority on animal cognition is suspect. Poorly phrased. -
@NineBandedBooks Personhood is obv. not a binary state. My cats & some of the local strays are ppl *to me*.
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