It's so easy for humans to anthropomorphize animals and believe that they have thoughts, feelings and inner lives similar to that of humans. We do it every day when looking at cute cat videos on the internet and imagining that the cats are laughing, or smiling or crying based on superficial similarities with human emotions. I think it's so tempting for our species to project our inner words onto the animal kingdom.
I think that's why so few biologists are willing to consider this area, it looks like they are projecting their biases and ways of thinking onto their subjects of study, which wouldn't be conductive to their research.
I think that's why so few biologists are willing to consider this area, it looks like they are projecting their biases and ways of thinking onto their subjects of study, which wouldn't be conductive to their research.