Salient Sarcasm … (09/07/14)
This article by The Onion is really well written & really hits home … Normally I gently poo-poo sarcasm; believing it to be the mildest form of dishonesty. In this case, however, it is absolutely spot on. Peace … S “Join us in opposing the elitist notion that other animals exist for human use. Join […]
The lighter side of Sentience … (09/07/14)
And on the lighter side of animal sentience … “There are these two young fish swimming along and they happen to meet an older fish swimming the other way, who nods at them and says ‘Morning, boys. How’s the water?’ And the two young fish swim on for a bit, and then eventually one of […]
Proving animal sentience … Part II: Terror & Despair (09/06/14)
There are those who would debate me on this front — those who claim quite vehemently that animals are “too stupid” or “too primitive” or “too clueless” to experience any real suffering while confined or abused or slaughtered. And to those folks I would simply say that whether or not animals are “intelligent” or “conscious” […]
Proving animal sentience … Part I: Joy (09/06/14)
Tangible proof of animal sentience — Part I: JOY … In July of 2012, a prominent group of scientists from all around the world (including cognitive neuroscientists, neuropharmacologists, neurophysiologists, neuroanatomists and computational neuroscientists) signed at the University of Cambridge a scientific paper entitled “The Declaration on Consciousness”, which stated – among other things — that […]
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