@sundray to Comic Strips@lemmy.worldEnglish • 2 days agoDo animals have emotions like us?imagemessage-square209arrow-up11.1Karrow-down117file-text
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minus-square@sundrayOPlinkEnglish16•2 days agoTwo monks were passing by a little pond where there were some ducks, and the first monk said, “Look at how happy those ducks are!” The second monk said, “You are not a duck. You can’t know if they are happy.” The first monk replied, “You are not me. You can’t know that I cannot.”
minus-squareFishbonelinkfedilink2•16 hours agoThe takeaway from this is that half of all monks may or may not have duck telepathy, yes?
Two monks were passing by a little pond where there were some ducks, and the first monk said, “Look at how happy those ducks are!”
The second monk said, “You are not a duck. You can’t know if they are happy.”
The first monk replied, “You are not me. You can’t know that I cannot.”
The takeaway from this is that half of all monks may or may not have duck telepathy, yes?
It’s a zen parable, so… yes.
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