″Animal intelligence correlates with X”
But since what we care about is suffering and not intelligence, we’re implying that more intelligence = more suffering, which if true would mean that hurting a children or a baby causes less suffering than hurting an adult.
Yet I would argue that the opposite seems to be true given that intelligence allows us to cope and contextualize and understand our suffering better than a child.
At best, there is no correlation between intelligence and suffering.
At worse, the opposite is true.
″Animal intelligence correlates with X”
But since what we care about is suffering and not intelligence, we’re implying that more intelligence = more suffering, which if true would mean that hurting a children or a baby causes less suffering than hurting an adult.
Yet I would argue that the opposite seems to be true given that intelligence allows us to cope and contextualize and understand our suffering better than a child.
At best, there is no correlation between intelligence and suffering.
At worse, the opposite is true.