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To: DJ MacWoW; RobRoy

So emotions such as love, compassion and empathy should have no bearing?

Only nutrition and the utility principle?


85 posted on 01/16/2010 4:38:32 PM PST by little jeremiah (Asato Ma Sad Gamaya Tamaso Ma Jyotir Gamaya)
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To: little jeremiah; RobRoy; JoeProBono
RobRoy is a troll.

On the first thread about this cat, he had this to say.

Post 74

I think it takes a human brain to interpret any stimulus as “pain”. What animals do is react, as their pre-programming tells them to.

Animals are controlled by a very sophisticated CPU capable of AI. And they NEED to respond to nervous system stimuli to survive. It does not mean they feel “pain”. They merely mimic what we interpret as a response to “pain”.

Heck, I can program a robot to act hurt or scream when pressure is applied to the tops of it’s toes. It does not mean it feels pain.

He is a very sick individual.

87 posted on 01/16/2010 4:47:48 PM PST by DJ MacWoW (Make yourselves sheep and the wolves will eat you. Ben Franklin)
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To: little jeremiah

>>Only nutrition and the utility principle?<<

No. They also make excellent companions because of all the similarities - especially dogs, being communal animals.

But it is like movies. A good chick flick can allow me to suspend disbelief to the point that I cry. I see my dog in the same way. He is not the real thing, but he seems that way sometimes. I allow myself to feel that way, knowing that it is like the chick flick. It is not real.


101 posted on 01/16/2010 5:18:56 PM PST by RobRoy (The US today: Revelation 18:4)
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