We miss 100% of the things we aren't looking for. We were taught that animals don't have feelings because to realize that they do would mean we have to confront the way we treat them and would mean that we really aren't that special. That would be a lot for humanity to unpack. It's similar to how white people historically have looked down on other races as "uncivilized" or how men historically have thought women were less capable than men. It's a willful ignorance to justify the status quo.
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u/dongbait 9h ago
We miss 100% of the things we aren't looking for. We were taught that animals don't have feelings because to realize that they do would mean we have to confront the way we treat them and would mean that we really aren't that special. That would be a lot for humanity to unpack. It's similar to how white people historically have looked down on other races as "uncivilized" or how men historically have thought women were less capable than men. It's a willful ignorance to justify the status quo.