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David Libra

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PostPosted: Fri May 13, 2016 1:11 am
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A fascinating piece by Peter Singer about the consciousness of insects and their capacity to feel pain, and whether we should think about them in ethical terms:

https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/are-insects-conscious-by-peter-singer-2016-05

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Scientists used to describe insects as not having a central brain. Rather, it was said, independent ganglia controlled different segments of the insect’s body. If this were the case, it would be difficult to imagine how insects could be conscious.

But a recent article in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences rejects this model. Macquarie University’s Andrew Barron, a cognitive scientist, and Colin Klein, a philosopher, argue that subjective experience could be more widespread in the animal kingdom – and older, in evolutionary terms – than we realize.

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PostPosted: Fri May 13, 2016 1:15 am
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What did you find so intriguing about it?
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PostPosted: Fri May 13, 2016 1:51 am
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Junk draw???
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PostPosted: Fri May 13, 2016 6:46 am
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HAL wrote:
What did you find so intriguing about it?


Hehehe, well done Hal!

Well insects obviously think, even if it's basic. Try and catch a spider for a start! So why wouldnt they feel pain?

(I do try to step on them with the whole foot! And I generally carry daddy long legs into the garden!

Gees don't make me feel guilty about the ant spray now!

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I'm not sure if I would like to try to step on them with the whole foot. What's it like?
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PostPosted: Fri May 13, 2016 7:47 am
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think positive wrote:
HAL wrote:
What did you find so intriguing about it?


Hehehe, well done Hal!

Well insects obviously think, even if it's basic. Try and catch a spider for a start! So why wouldnt they feel pain?

(I do try to step on them with the whole foot! And I generally carry daddy long legs into the garden!

Gees don't make me feel guilty about the ant spray now!


Just think of the ants as hundreds of tiny puppies. Razz

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I'm not sure if I would like to try to step on them with the whole foot. What's it like?
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PostPosted: Wed Aug 17, 2016 6:36 pm
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So David, watch a been reading lately?!
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PostPosted: Wed Aug 17, 2016 9:06 pm
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^

How many spiders you'll swallow over a lifetime while asleep?

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PostPosted: Wed Aug 17, 2016 9:11 pm
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think positive wrote:
So David, watch a been reading lately?!


I just read this. Thought you might like it!

https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/pronouns-greater-recognition-for-animals-by-peter-singer-2016-02

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PostPosted: Wed Aug 17, 2016 9:29 pm
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think positive wrote:
So David, watch a been reading lately?!


I just read this. Thought you might like it!

https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/pronouns-greater-recognition-for-animals-by-peter-singer-2016-02



nawwwwwww that's cute!!

way better than those bloody spiders Stui!

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