nutbutter@discuss.tchncs.de to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 1 day ago"Being vegan is unnatural"discuss.tchncs.deimagemessage-square638fedilinkarrow-up1868arrow-down184file-text
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minus-squarekkj@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·20 hours ago The argument that non-human animals do not possess some vague set of traits that make humans the only species worthy of being classified as ‘people,’ Metacognition. It’s just metacognition. Not vague in the slightest. You can argue that it isn’t a good criterion, but it’s a very clear one.
minus-squareGrail@multiverse.soulism.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·8 hours agoThat criterion fails Karl Popper’s principle of scientific falsifiability. Pick some criteria for which you could design an experiment that clearly and persuasively differentiates its presence from its absence.
Metacognition. It’s just metacognition. Not vague in the slightest. You can argue that it isn’t a good criterion, but it’s a very clear one.
That criterion fails Karl Popper’s principle of scientific falsifiability. Pick some criteria for which you could design an experiment that clearly and persuasively differentiates its presence from its absence.