• NielsBohron@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    using names of human emotions instead can be a good approximation

    It can be, but it can also be a gross misrepresentation. Outside of higher mammals, it seems safer to me to assume that their emotions are extremely dissimilar and human emotions are poor analogues at best.

    • flicker@lemmy.world
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      2 months ago

      That does not mean they do not have value.

      Also I’m shocked we haven’t seen a snake person come and argue they get depressed.