Don't put much credence in this, but I suspect that only humans have a disgust reaction/emotion/expression.
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Other animals will find things nauseating, but won't be rewarded for alerting their peers. They'll just move along.
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(IOW, what we usually think of as disgust — the "eww, gross!" reaction — is uniquely human... I suspect.)
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it's not just the 'eww, gross. Context too. A fart is disgusting *in* a given "poop doesn't smell" abs layer
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I only kind of get what you're saying. But what about the simplest case: feeling disgust at milk that's gone sour?
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would reaction vary in a) apartment fridge, b) pail in traditional farm, c) coconut shell on desert island?
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ahh. got it.. disgust is the affective resp, but embarrassment/mortification is abstraction-dependent emotion
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yeah, there's definitely shame in having one of your abstractions leak in public
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Do you have examples of shame coming from anything else??
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you called my bluff :(
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shame can also be the result of moral transgression without an abstraction leak right?
or are all moral transgressions leaks? (lying happens 1 level below 'honesty' performance)
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hmm cf brene brown stuff, guilt would be an *internal* private abs leak, shame is social
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Moral transgression is when you're revealed to be an interested actor while wearing social role mask.
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and because the mask is of 'better nature' the reveal is an abstraction leak...
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