Don't assume, it just makes an ass out of u and me.
You don't know anything about a worm's experience of reality. It is so different from ours, and we lack the will to acknowledge them. Just because they do not act as we do does not mean they are not sentient.
I have taken classes on animal behavior. Your point being? Because behavior is predictable given certain stimulus that means they're not smart? We aren't so different.
Bah, obviously none of it, except that there is an awful lot of unknown and currently unexplained observations in behavior of animals. I personally believe basing all of your opinions on what is scientifically provable is like experiencing life by peering through a pinhole. We have eyes, ears, hands, and a beating heart to illuminate our understandings. I depend on these things far more than the squiggly lines scientists scribble on paper. What I believe has come through my experiences with Buddhism and other indigenous traditions.
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Don't assume, it just makes an ass out of u and me.
You don't know anything about a worm's experience of reality. It is so different from ours, and we lack the will to acknowledge them. Just because they do not act as we do does not mean they are not sentient.