(February 1, 2018 at 6:03 pm)Catholic_Lady Wrote: But seriously. You know I love you Poca but I think you're being obtuse.
Beautiful woman says "I love you"

Followed by "you're being obtuse"

(February 1, 2018 at 6:03 pm)Catholic_Lady Wrote: Anyway, I wrote: "We have the ability to rationalize, to love, and to experience joy in a way that the other creatures do not"
...Not to say they don't at all (I have 7 cats, I know lol), but not nearly to our extent.
Biochemically, I'd say emotions register the same way, but the rationalizing part should be different indeed... But I'd like to leave it clear that they do all those things in their own way. And some facial expressions are remarkably similar to our own, hinting at a similarity of the underlying mechanism.