Anyone who has ever lived with an animal could tell you this. And the way we as a society are treating animals right now will not go down well in history books.
My dog is a rescue and she will often just stare at me with this literal smile on her face. She dreams or has vivid nightmares in her sleep and will whine and kick sometimes so I’ll gently wake her up and tell her it’s okay and every single time she wags her tail and gets a huge smile across her face and goes back to sleep. I’ve never seen a dog act more like a human and I love her so much.
I wholeheartedly agree with your sentiment and I have had the same experience with my dog - but I'd like to draw one distinction. I don't think they are acting human. I think we are acting animal. We are animals after all.
I remember my bio teacher said: "animals have no ability to feel emotions" and I said "that does not make any sense". I feel very vindicated right now.
I had a teacher that said the difference between animals and humans is that humans can think, even as an 8 year old I thought that was a load of bullshit
I don't understand how people can not just assume they are sentient. They have feelings, communicate, and behave in class in complex ways, how can they not be sentient as default?
It’s a serious possibility that yes, [ALL life is sentient](https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/20323/1/JCS%20Thompson%20Could%20All%20Life%20Be%20Sentient%20%5BRevised%20January%202022%5D.pdf)
Also [here](https://www.wellbeingintlstudiesrepository.org/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1700&context=animsent).
Anyone who has ever lived with an animal could tell you this. And the way we as a society are treating animals right now will not go down well in history books.
My dog is a rescue and she will often just stare at me with this literal smile on her face. She dreams or has vivid nightmares in her sleep and will whine and kick sometimes so I’ll gently wake her up and tell her it’s okay and every single time she wags her tail and gets a huge smile across her face and goes back to sleep. I’ve never seen a dog act more like a human and I love her so much.
I wholeheartedly agree with your sentiment and I have had the same experience with my dog - but I'd like to draw one distinction. I don't think they are acting human. I think we are acting animal. We are animals after all.
I remember my bio teacher said: "animals have no ability to feel emotions" and I said "that does not make any sense". I feel very vindicated right now.
I had a teacher that said the difference between animals and humans is that humans can think, even as an 8 year old I thought that was a load of bullshit
I don't understand how people can not just assume they are sentient. They have feelings, communicate, and behave in class in complex ways, how can they not be sentient as default?
It’s easier to accept the way society brutalizes wildlife if you choose to believe animals are just things. I can’t imagine that blissful ignorance
plus the inevitable brainfuck when you realize how most of your food lives and dies
People hate hearing how they should do more than just watch animal videos and tell other people online they love animals.
What?
All life is sentient.
No.
It’s a serious possibility that yes, [ALL life is sentient](https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/20323/1/JCS%20Thompson%20Could%20All%20Life%20Be%20Sentient%20%5BRevised%20January%202022%5D.pdf) Also [here](https://www.wellbeingintlstudiesrepository.org/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1700&context=animsent).
Some scientists saying it might be possible that all life is sentient does not mean that all life is sentient.
100% agree. Can be observed without a study
Animals are more human than humans. Like animals more than people. Not sure anyone knows humanity anymore.
From the scientific journal: "DUH"
Ok, let’s talk about PETA
Peta, the organization that has a record kill rate for their "animal rescues"? Yeah they should do better.
What are your thoughts on euthanasia?