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Pastimes : Let's Talk About Our Feelings!!!
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To: E who wrote (32994)3/23/1999 2:29:00 AM
From: nihil  Read Replies (1) of 108807
 
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If a bee detects the scent of a blossom and flies to it, and then loads up on nectar, is this not cause and effect? Is it going too far to claim that something in the bee interpreted the aroma and "decided" to go for it? Does a human baby who cries when it is wet or hungry actually understand what set it off? Are not babies sentient creatures.
When a bog smells a piece of cheese being taken out of the fridge, is it not sentient to come up and rub against the cheesenapper, or sit up and beg? Even systematic, built-in or learned responses that emulate rational decision process are difficult to classify as insentient. (goes for the birds, too, especially parrots.)
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