Aggressive_Worker_93 t1_ix7i6bo wrote
Reply to comment by hughperman in The famous Butterfly Dream of Taoist Philosophy and how it recommends a radical openness to judging right from wrong by CaptainOfTheKeys
They might in a different way we do not understand; same as the concept of mourning is exclusive to certain animal species, there may be certain behaviours that are unique to caterpillars you cannot fully understand or even be aware of.
latakewoz t1_ix7rzhs wrote
No, they do not.
nthngmttrs t1_ix88izq wrote
Everyone watch out, these guys can talk to caterpillars
latakewoz t1_ix8qblx wrote
No, we can not.
Dewinna_Daraelist t1_ix97io3 wrote
Lol r/philosophy does NOT like jokes
WhittlingDan t1_ix9s7jf wrote
Elephants have funerals.
latakewoz t1_ixabosk wrote
It was a joke on the other commentary and on the fact tthat it was downvoted so much... Of course animals are mourning...
GETitOFFmeNOW t1_ixjdm1e wrote
This reminds ds me of when my 2nd grade teacher told me that pers don't have emotions. She said we simply ascribe human characteristics to things we don't understand.
Just because a thing hasn't been emperically proven to exist doesn't mean we should assume that it does not exist.
Medicine makes this mistake with prevalence. Often, as with celiac disease, Graves' disease, Sjogren's and other autoimmune diseases, lack of awareness leads to a dearth of diagnoses which is too-often confused with prevalence.
It's unsettling to see that some scientists proceed as though they know everything knowable.
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