• Clent@lemmy.world
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    5 days ago

    There are levels to emotion. I postulate that there comes a point where language is required to achieve a higher state of emotion.

    For example remorse. It’s required understanding one is able to cause others harm. Can you reasonable state this is an innate emotion? I would strongly argue it requires understanding of cause and effect that requires verbal communication to understand.

    With animals we train them with reinforcement techniques. Which children we do the same but continue to expand upon it on with verbal reasoning

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      5 days ago

      I postulate that there comes a point where language is required to achieve a higher state of emotion.

      Ah finally! A justification to eat my own child! Thank you kind stranger!

    • naevaTheRat@lemmy.dbzer0.comM
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      I postulate that there comes a point where language is required to achieve a higher state of emotion.

      Right, just so we’re clear you’re making shit up and clothing it in the language of science.

      I am not banning you yet because I’m not sure you quite understand what you just implied but it’s hard not to read this as a claim that humans with different capacities for language don’t reach your enlightened heights of emotional complexity.

      That is a very dangerous attitude which has been used to justify absolutely horrendous stuff.

      Do you uh, wanna backpedal from that claim?