Mostly agreed. I have no idea how to evaluate this for most animals, but I would be very surprised if other mammals did not have subjective experiences analogous to our own for at least some feelings and emotions.
Oh, for sure mammals have emotions much like ours. Fruit flies and shrimp? Not so much. Wrong architecture, missing key pieces.
Fair enough.
I do believe it’s plausible that feelings, like pain and hunger, may be old and fundamental enough to exist across phyla.
I’m much less inclined to assume emotions are so widely shared, but I wish I could be more sure either way.
Mostly agreed. I have no idea how to evaluate this for most animals, but I would be very surprised if other mammals did not have subjective experiences analogous to our own for at least some feelings and emotions.
Oh, for sure mammals have emotions much like ours. Fruit flies and shrimp? Not so much. Wrong architecture, missing key pieces.
Fair enough.
I do believe it’s plausible that feelings, like pain and hunger, may be old and fundamental enough to exist across phyla.
I’m much less inclined to assume emotions are so widely shared, but I wish I could be more sure either way.