Comment on Isn’t the use of strict behaviorism to explain animals kind of obnoxious?
Norgur@kbin.social 6 months agoThere is, though. The easiest one being that a sentient creature will react differently to it's outside world, most importantly in an unpredictable manner. Think about a fish reacting to it's surroundings and then picture a cat. One will very likely do the same thing given the same circumstances. The other won't.
AnyOldName3@lemmy.world 6 months ago
So would a fish that’s eaten a device that administers a small electric shock at random intervals and with random intensities. I don’t think that eating such a device made the fish suddenly sentient, but it would suddenly change the outcome of your test.