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Re:When They Hear Plants Crying, Moths Make a Decision by bix6 on Sunday December 08, 2024 @10:29AM (#42357671)
Why are we the only creatures who can choose that?

Does a crow have no agency to be the first to food and challenge the leader or the scout who keeps watch for the others while they feast?

Can a dolphin not choose to align more closely with play than rape?

It seems to me that animals have much more agency than we choose to believe / allow.

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Re:When They Hear Plants Crying, Moths Make a Decision by MrMcCall on Sunday December 08, 2024 @11:28AM (#42357986)
They always choose their instinct to survival; only we have a conscience and free will to choose whether to behave selflessly or selfishly.

Only we can think abstractly about the needs of the group, the happiness of others.

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