02-06-2007, 04:42 AM
Lol, some of you guys are hiliarious, but PBH, I do truly have more respect for you now.....you are always extremely intelligent and insightful.......but yep, now you're talking to me in my own language. Anthropomorphism huh? I've seen sophisticated rhetoric on this board periodically but not quite to this extent, as I recall.
But you are absolutely correct.......pain definitely is something that has to be contextually operationalized (defined). What we understand as pain is definitely NOT what other living things feel. Do other animals have nerves and spinal cords......yes. But of course their brains, neurons are nothing like ours. Sure warm-blooded animals probably feel pain in a much more similar way to ourselves......precisely because their nervous system is more complex. But fish? Gimme a break! They're cold-blooded with extremely simple brains......exactly like you're saying. A hook in the mouth for a fish does not feel anything like a hook in our lip or even a bird or mammal.
But you are absolutely correct.......pain definitely is something that has to be contextually operationalized (defined). What we understand as pain is definitely NOT what other living things feel. Do other animals have nerves and spinal cords......yes. But of course their brains, neurons are nothing like ours. Sure warm-blooded animals probably feel pain in a much more similar way to ourselves......precisely because their nervous system is more complex. But fish? Gimme a break! They're cold-blooded with extremely simple brains......exactly like you're saying. A hook in the mouth for a fish does not feel anything like a hook in our lip or even a bird or mammal.