orhtej2 to Antique Memes Roadshow@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agoFrank the Catimagemessage-square6linkfedilinkarrow-up1199arrow-down18
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minus-squareDarkCloud@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up22arrow-down1·edit-22 days agoWhy would you believe that cats don’t have thoughts? Of course they do, they have preferences, desires, mourn the dead, and are intelligent. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cat_intelligence I don’t get why people are always pushing the idea that “animals don’t think”, just because humans tend to be good at thought - doesn’t mean that other animals don’t perform thought based functions of their own.
minus-squareNoSpotOfGround@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down2·2 days agoIt’s more pleasant to believe that my food doesn’t have thoughts, therefore my food doesn’t have thoughts. Simple.
Why would you believe that cats don’t have thoughts? Of course they do, they have preferences, desires, mourn the dead, and are intelligent.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cat_intelligence
I don’t get why people are always pushing the idea that “animals don’t think”, just because humans tend to be good at thought - doesn’t mean that other animals don’t perform thought based functions of their own.
It’s more pleasant to believe that my food doesn’t have thoughts, therefore my food doesn’t have thoughts. Simple.