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Do Fruit Flies Have Emotions?

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Do Fruit Flies Have Emotions?
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RE: Do Fruit Flies Have Emotions?
May 15, 2015 at 11:37 am
(May 15, 2015 at 10:24 am)Chuck Wrote: Computer can, and has been, programmed to respond exactly like that.   It's a simple program too.   Does a computer so programmed experience emotion?

Right, but I think you're talking about a program deliberately designed to give such an appearance. Mimicking the behavior is one thing but reproducing the actual feeling that drives it is quite another. It's safe to say evolution didn't equip the fruit fly with emotional mimicry capabilities.

Using the computer analogy though, we all know a computer can be programmed to respond in quite complex ways for practical purposes. I wouldn't expect a programmed behavior to necessarily be immediately recognizable as such.
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Do Fruit Flies Have Emotions?

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Do Fruit Flies Have Emotions? - by Hatshepsut - May 15, 2015 at 8:44 am
RE: Do Fruit Flies Have Emotions? - by Napoléon - May 15, 2015 at 8:53 am
RE: Do Fruit Flies Have Emotions? - by TheRealJoeFish - May 15, 2015 at 8:55 am
RE: Do Fruit Flies Have Emotions? - by robvalue - May 15, 2015 at 9:04 am
RE: Do Fruit Flies Have Emotions? - by vorlon13 - May 15, 2015 at 9:13 am
RE: Do Fruit Flies Have Emotions? - by bennyboy - May 15, 2015 at 9:26 am
RE: Do Fruit Flies Have Emotions? - by Napoléon - May 15, 2015 at 9:35 am
RE: Do Fruit Flies Have Emotions? - by bennyboy - May 15, 2015 at 2:01 pm
RE: Do Fruit Flies Have Emotions? - by Napoléon - May 15, 2015 at 2:08 pm
RE: Do Fruit Flies Have Emotions? - by emjay - May 15, 2015 at 9:38 am
RE: Do Fruit Flies Have Emotions? - by AFTT47 - May 15, 2015 at 9:50 am
RE: Do Fruit Flies Have Emotions? - by Anomalocaris - May 15, 2015 at 10:24 am
RE: Do Fruit Flies Have Emotions? - by AFTT47 - May 15, 2015 at 11:37 am
RE: Do Fruit Flies Have Emotions? - by Anomalocaris - May 15, 2015 at 5:46 pm
RE: Do Fruit Flies Have Emotions? - by bennyboy - May 15, 2015 at 7:24 pm
RE: Do Fruit Flies Have Emotions? - by JuliaL - May 15, 2015 at 11:12 am
RE: Do Fruit Flies Have Emotions? - by Hatshepsut - May 15, 2015 at 1:37 pm
RE: Do Fruit Flies Have Emotions? - by TheRealJoeFish - May 15, 2015 at 1:49 pm
RE: Do Fruit Flies Have Emotions? - by AFTT47 - May 15, 2015 at 4:17 pm
RE: Do Fruit Flies Have Emotions? - by bennyboy - May 15, 2015 at 5:19 pm
RE: Do Fruit Flies Have Emotions? - by AFTT47 - May 15, 2015 at 5:30 pm
RE: Do Fruit Flies Have Emotions? - by AFTT47 - May 15, 2015 at 6:33 pm
RE: Do Fruit Flies Have Emotions? - by Minimalist - May 15, 2015 at 7:39 pm
RE: Do Fruit Flies Have Emotions? - by Darkstar - May 16, 2015 at 3:00 am
RE: Do Fruit Flies Have Emotions? - by Alex K - May 16, 2015 at 6:33 am
RE: Do Fruit Flies Have Emotions? - by bennyboy - May 16, 2015 at 7:11 am
RE: Do Fruit Flies Have Emotions? - by ignoramus - May 16, 2015 at 6:34 am
RE: Do Fruit Flies Have Emotions? - by Hatshepsut - May 16, 2015 at 7:51 am

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