sundray@lemmus.org to Comic Strips@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agoDo animals have emotions like us?lemmus.orgimagemessage-square141fedilinkarrow-up125arrow-down11file-text
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minus-squareMindTraveller@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 months agoHow do you know cats don’t experience sonder? Did you ask one? No, you just assumed
minus-squaresundray@lemmus.orgOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 months agoTwo monks were passing by a little pond where there were some ducks, and the first monk said, “Look at how happy those ducks are!” The second monk said, “You are not a duck. You can’t know if they are happy.” The first monk replied, “You are not me. You can’t know that I cannot.”
minus-squareFishbone@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 months agoThe takeaway from this is that half of all monks may or may not have duck telepathy, yes?
minus-squaresundray@lemmus.orgOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 months agoIt’s a zen parable, so… yes.
minus-squareAngryCommieKender@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 months agoI’ve asked my cats loads of questions. Not one has given a comprehensive answer.
How do you know cats don’t experience sonder? Did you ask one? No, you just assumed
Two monks were passing by a little pond where there were some ducks, and the first monk said, “Look at how happy those ducks are!”
The second monk said, “You are not a duck. You can’t know if they are happy.”
The first monk replied, “You are not me. You can’t know that I cannot.”
The takeaway from this is that half of all monks may or may not have duck telepathy, yes?
It’s a zen parable, so… yes.
I’ve asked my cats loads of questions. Not one has given a comprehensive answer.