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Re:What the grieving mother orca tells us about how animals ... by laretluval on Sunday August 26, 2018 @11:36PM (#17849291)
They likely had the same cognitive capacity as us, and if dropped into a modern environment could invent complex technology.

No other animal can do this as far as we know.

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Re:What the grieving mother orca tells us about how animals ... by colanderman on Monday August 27, 2018 @12:57AM (#17849517)
Yes, but "designing complex technology" has little to nothing to do with capability to feel emotion.
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Re:What the grieving mother orca tells us about how animals ... by laretluval on Monday August 27, 2018 @08:10PM (#17855578)
It establishes a major way in which human minds are different from animal minds, such that generalizing from humans to animals may be incorrect.
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