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Bjarki56 OP t1_j2etm1h wrote

Reply to comment by waffles-n-gravy in We are the only animal that truly comprehends our own mortality and that affects everything. by Bjarki56

It is instinctual. They don’t comprehend what death is.

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Hak_Titansoul t1_j2evrnr wrote

I think most non-humans have a better understanding than humans do of death. It's just an innate knowledge, that they don't have to fight over and fear.

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Umpteenth_zebra t1_j2fbfh0 wrote

How do you know other humans aren't just advanced chatbots? It's easy to think that something is not conscious just because it seems less complex, but there really is no way to know. As Decartes put it 'cogito ergo sum', or 'I think therfore I am'. And that is the only thing you can truly know, that YOU can think. Not that anyone or anything else can.

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