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Izzhov posted:My intuition tells me that whether a dog chases a ball or not is entirely determined by instinct -- that is to say, whether the "chase ball" subroutine in its evolutionary programming is activated by the throwing stimulus. Like if it didn't chase the ball, that would mean there was some extenuating circumstance suppressing that subroutine, such as that it just ate I guess? I'm no zoologist. Have you ever actually spent time around a dog? If I throw something and we aren't playing my dog just looks at me like I'm some kind of jackass. If we're walking down the street and my neighbor throws a ball the dog doesn't give a poo poo, or flinches depending. There is no "throwing instinct" that compels them to mindlessly follow any object in motion, there's a general pursuit drive that can make fetch an enjoyable game for dogs to play with their friends in the same way that tag can be a fun game for humans. Your whole line of questioning presupposes that what separates humans from other animals is that other animals all work exactly like the wildlife in a videogame or some poo poo. A Wizard of Goatse fucked around with this message at 08:37 on Oct 24, 2020 |
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