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[–] [email protected] 39 points 7 months ago (2 children)

I don't know what he is capable of thinking, but that's a kind of fucked up thing to put him through.

[–] [email protected] 42 points 7 months ago

Pretty sure he's only in a defensive posture because the plate was just plopped right in front of him. Crayfish are cannibalistic scavengers so this would actually be a welcome sight.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 7 months ago (1 children)

They aren't really capable of higher thought. They can basically feel an equivalent of pain and then it's just basic instincts.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 7 months ago (1 children)

you have no idea what they do or do not experience. You're straight up making shit up. Nobody has any way to tell

[–] [email protected] 14 points 7 months ago (1 children)

They are literally a nervous system with a body. They do not have a brain the same way we do.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago

you still have 0 idea what it is like to be one. Don't make me explain the hard problem of consciousness, just admit you're making this up.