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Anonymous Fri 30 Oct 2015 16:23:53 No.7626531 View Reply Report Delete

Quoted By: >>7626545 >>7626546 >>7626563 >>7626585 >>7626595 >>7626966

Why don't other animals help other animals when they're in danger or in need?

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Anonymous Fri 30 Oct 2015 16:29:14 No.7626538 Report Delete

Quoted By: >>7626662

Animals don't have feelings, emotions or conscience. They only have instincts.

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Anonymous Fri 30 Oct 2015 16:29:44 No.7626540 Report Delete

Quoted By: >>7626549 >>7626662

They lack the higher brain functions higher animals possess

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Anonymous Fri 30 Oct 2015 16:35:16 No.7626545 Report Delete

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>>7626531
Some species do, actually.
Have you never watched those kind of pleb tier videos ?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sPIcSriz_fM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5vk1LKBRPlc

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Anonymous Fri 30 Oct 2015 16:35:21 No.7626546 Report Delete

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>>7626531
Some do. Hominids are one of many cooperative species.

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Anonymous Fri 30 Oct 2015 16:36:48 No.7626549 Report Delete

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>>7626540
What's to say human thought and reasoning isn't human instinct?

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Anonymous Fri 30 Oct 2015 16:38:36 No.7626557 Report Delete

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>>7626549
Well if you want to use retarded definitions sure you could say that.

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Anonymous Fri 30 Oct 2015 16:40:28 No.7626563 Report Delete

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>>7626531
many social animals do this. even rats do.

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Anonymous Fri 30 Oct 2015 16:50:16 No.7626585 Report Delete

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>>7626531
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Altruism_%28biology%29

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Anonymous Fri 30 Oct 2015 16:54:30 No.7626594 Report Delete

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>>7626563
I'm told that birds do it, bees do it, even well educated fleas do it.

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Anonymous Fri 30 Oct 2015 16:54:38 No.7626595 Report Delete

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>>7626531
Some dogs are more altruistic than most humen.

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Anonymous Fri 30 Oct 2015 16:57:05 No.7626600 Report Delete

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http://www.livescience.com/17378-rats-show-empathy.html

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Anonymous Fri 30 Oct 2015 17:24:52 No.7626656 Report Delete

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Short answer: Because they're not compelled to.

Long Answer: Playing hero is a quick way to get you killed, and animals are constantly competing for resources - what's the loss to a rabbit if a cow gets killed? More grass for the rabbit.

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Anonymous Fri 30 Oct 2015 17:28:41 No.7626662 Report Delete

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>>7626538
>Animals don't have feelings, emotions or conscience. They only have instincts.
>>7626540
>They lack the higher brain functions higher animals possess
>>7626546
>Hominids are one of many cooperative species.
>>7626549
>What's to say human thought and reasoning isn't human instinct?
Why is /sci/ so stupid?

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Anonymous Fri 30 Oct 2015 17:32:51 No.7626674 Report Delete

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dolphins sometimes swim in circles around swimmers or surfers to protect them from sharks.
So long and thanks for all the fish.

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Anonymous Fri 30 Oct 2015 17:34:48 No.7626681 Report Delete

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>>7626662
/sci/ - Science Flavored Shitposting & Math

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Anonymous Fri 30 Oct 2015 17:52:03 No.7626708 Report Delete

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>>7626662
It's like people here feel compelled to post and comment without doing any research whatsoever. A quick Google scholar search would show OP that the premise is errant to begin with.

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Anonymous Fri 30 Oct 2015 17:56:01 No.7626719 Report Delete

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>>7626708
> scholar research articles
whos gonna read all that shit. most people coming to /sci/ expect quick answers that are filtered from all the important detail. They want answers like "Y does that because of X"

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Anonymous Fri 30 Oct 2015 18:12:52 No.7626746 Report Delete

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>>7626719
That's the problem. Complex systems (like animal cognition) are messy and not unidirectionally causal. I guess if a concept can't fit in a meme it's too complicated. It bugs me that people here treat science like politics.

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Anonymous Fri 30 Oct 2015 19:42:45 No.7626966 Report Delete

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>>7626531
cool pic

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