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Interesting study reported in the Telegraph today, this ought to give us pause, and perhaps look askance at some of our anthropocentric attitudes concerning complex social behavior, as well as what behaviors we think require consciousness. That is of course, if the research holds up and is replicable. Could there be any other conclusion as to why the rats behaved this way? Rats display human-like empathy and will help rodents in distress
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Rat-like empathy.
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Epiphileon wrote:Interesting study reported in the Telegraph today, this ought to give us pause, and perhaps look askance at some of our anthropocentric attitudes concerning complex social behavior, as well as what behaviors we think require consciousness. That is of course, if the research holds up and is replicable. Could there be any other conclusion as to why the rats behaved this way? Rats display human-like empathy and will help rodents in distress Sorry edit period expired before I noticed that the URL didn't work.
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This is not new. It has long been known that animals will go to the rescue of another. Empathy? More like programmed instinct. But there we are Epi, it gives you your drum to bang about your personal interpretation of what constitutes consciousness.
It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it. Aristotle
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