• fcuks@piefed.social
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    7 hours ago

    does something have to have emotions to be alive? lots of simple organisms don’t have emotions.

    I know you’re talking about consciousness and i’m talking about aliveness, but it popped into my head as an interesting thought.

    there is something like to be a bat, but what about a gnat? does a gnat have emotions? it still is alive and has some kind of experience though right??

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      6 hours ago

      lots of simple organisms don’t have emotions.

      How do you know? How can you possibly be sure?