animal rights; cogsci; vent
In other news, humans are self-centered fucking idiots who take centuries to correct their ruthless Cartesian bullshit, even when the solution should be fucking obvious, because we have zero fucking ability whatsoever to look outside our own experiences. In short, yes of fucking course dogs have an inner life, you knuckle-dragging primate fuckwits: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animal_consciousness#Dogs