Well I said most of it here: http://www.bretthall.org/humans-and-other-animals.html … I just wonder *how do they know*? That claim is analogous to opening up a computer hardware case, looking at the processor and hard drive and exclaiming "It's definitely got Call of Duty and Keynote for Apple installed."
A reminder that all vertebrates are sentient (capable of registering pain and suffering). That's one of the main functions of evolving a central nervous system: to register, learn, and avoid threats in a more centrally coordinated ('conscious') way.https://twitter.com/Rainmaker1973/status/1037362322610769920 …
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But the stuff about "avoiding threats" is, of course, uncontroversial. :)
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Maybe not only vertebrates.
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Haha always good to be reminded of evolutionary fundamental truths :-) wait, is something considered a truth if it's a scientific fact?
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"sentient (capable of registering pain and suffering)" Is that meant as an exhaustive description of the experiences that sentience enables? That is, does a creature have to be sentient 'plus something else' in order to be able to experience anything other than pain & suffering?
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We should all act as if this is true, in fact it's a moral imperative to do so, but this should not be confused with knowing it is true. The minimum conditions for sentience are unknown.
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Doesn't mean they won't be delicious.
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