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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 2:01 pm
(May 15, 2015 at 9:35 am)Napoléon Wrote:
(May 15, 2015 at 9:26 am)bennyboy Wrote: However, the question is whether the flies experience their behavioral priming negatively "Eeek.   Do you feel something in the air, Johnny?  Something just ain't right, I tell ya!" or is it just a complex reflex?

What difference would that make?

Because we don't normally refer to reflexes as emotions.  A headless chicken can still run in circles, but that doesn't mean it should have legal status and protection as a person.
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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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