Do animals feel empathy? the decades-long quest for an answer

Re:Do animals feel empathy? the decades-long quest for an an... by amelius on Wednesday February 10, 2016 @06:07AM (#11071903)

Slightly OT: according to actual scientific research ([1]) done by Rupert Sheldrake, dogs are even telepathic.

There is also a very interesting Google-talks video of Sheldrake explaining the experiments.

[1] http://www.sheldrake.org/research/telepathy

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Re:Do animals feel empathy? the decades-long quest for an an... by laumars on Wednesday February 10, 2016 @06:24AM (#11071978)

I struggle with the telepathy argument. I think it's just a placeholder explanation for something a little less sci-fi. Such as scent, body language or just dumb coincidence.

However I do like the "Falling Skies" (a Sci-Fi drama starring Noah Wyle) explanation for telepathy; which was communication over the electromagnetic spectrum in a frequency that humans wouldn't normally detect (long waves IIRC)

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Re:Do animals feel empathy? the decades-long quest for an an... by Luc on Wednesday February 10, 2016 @07:16AM (#11072212)

Scientists are wrong all the time, often for their whole lives, and on the balance of things it is extremely likely Mr. Sheldrake is an example of this.

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