jaamesbaxterr@lemmy.world to cats@lemmy.world · 2 年前Do cats experience existential dread?lemmy.worldexternal-linkmessage-square30linkfedilinkarrow-up1508arrow-down16file-text
arrow-up1502arrow-down1external-linkDo cats experience existential dread?lemmy.worldjaamesbaxterr@lemmy.world to cats@lemmy.world · 2 年前message-square30linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squarejohannesvanderwhales@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up12·2 年前I’d say no, knowledge that we will some day die is unique to humans. They certainly experience ennui though.
minus-squareGot_Bent@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up12·2 年前Now I wonder about elephants given that they have funerals and mourn their dead.
I’d say no, knowledge that we will some day die is unique to humans.
They certainly experience ennui though.
Now I wonder about elephants given that they have funerals and mourn their dead.
Same with crows.
We don’t know that.