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[–] 19 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

Isn't it like, most animals?

There was this study showing that bees were doing a cost-benefit balance about resources, which is also thinking against impulse. Are we going to pretend to be shocked about every new study that shows that animals are sentient, just so that we can delude ourselves more into thinking that it's not immoral to kill them?

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  • [–] 4 points 3 weeks ago

    so, they'd make a better US President then the current one ?

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  • [–] 2 points 3 weeks ago

    What if they only think they are clever?

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  • [–] 1 point 3 weeks ago

    So they're smarter than some humans who are currently running countries?

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  • I'd love to see a followup with something like the marshmallow test.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanford_marshmallow_experiment

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  • [–] 1 point 3 weeks ago

    Smarter than humans.

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