(09-22-2015, 11:24 AM)Aion Wrote: So you think entities only care about the destruction of their bodies if they have pain-receptors?
First, please define what you mean by entity.
What is an entity? Is a single blade of grass an entity? Is your lawn writhing in agony when you mow it? When you have an ivy and cut part of it off and plant it, and it grows into another ivy plant, is it another entity? How about if you take 5 cuttings from the same ivy plant and grow 5 more ivies in pots? Do you now have 6 ivy plants?
Can you cut off a cow's leg and grow another cow?
(09-22-2015, 11:24 AM)Aion Wrote: I actually don't believe physical pain in the manner of pain receptors is the only way entities feel pain, so that doesn't exactly conclude for me that it is not.
Fish don't have pain receptors, do they count as plants or animals? Lol
Quote:Fish fulfill several criteria proposed as indicating that non-human animals may experience pain. These fulfilled criteria include a suitable nervous system and sensory receptors, opioid receptors and reduced responses to noxious stimuli when given analgesics and local anaesthetics, physiological changes to noxious stimuli, displaying protective motor reactions, exhibiting avoidance learning and making trade-offs between noxious stimulus avoidance and other motivational requirements.
from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pain_in_fish
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