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>it has no endocrine system to produce more abstract feelings like fear or love

Even if you assume an entirely Materialist philosophy, this is not a very defensible position to take. We have no way of knowing if there are other arrangements of matter, such as a very complex electrical circuit, that will lead to some entity to feel fear or love the same way that we do.

parent p_j_w 3 years ago

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