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Children choose to save dogs over humans, adults chose 1 human over 100 dogs

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Re: Children choose to save dogs over humans, adults chose 1 human over 100 dogs

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Scenario: You are at the Louvre Museum, suddenly there's a big fire. You are standing next to the painting of Mona Lisa that is about to catch on fire. From the corner of your eyes you also see a small kitten collapsed under fallen rubbles and desperately and hopelessly trying to get out. Which one do you rescue first?

I rescue myself first.

Re: Children choose to save dogs over humans, adults chose 1 human over 100 dogs

#22
This sorta lends weight to my hunch from watching hours of YouTube videos that mammalian toddlers have to learn to differentiate by species. Cross-species friendships between mammals from toddler to adult happen all the time in human-controlled environments, only in the wild is this more or less prohibited owing to adult animal intervention. Perhaps we can learn something about the reproduction of racial prejudice from this...

Re: Children choose to save dogs over humans, adults chose 1 human over 100 dogs

#23

Scenario: You are at the Louvre Museum, suddenly there's a big fire. You are standing next to the painting of Mona Lisa that is about to catch on fire. From the corner of your eyes you also see a small kitten collapsed under fallen rubbles and desperately and hopelessly trying to get out. Which one do you rescue first?

the kitten, obviously. it may have consciousness.

Re: Children choose to save dogs over humans, adults chose 1 human over 100 dogs

#25

> Although they valued pigs less, the majority still prioritized 10 pigs over one human Children are so clueless and innocent.

I don't think clueless is the right word. Innocent, sure, but they just haven't learned how to value things within a more realistic manner.

I was referring to the fact that they are not bothered by eating ham, bacon, etc. They are clueless about what happens to pigs in the real world, and how many have perished to provide their sustenance.

Re: Children choose to save dogs over humans, adults chose 1 human over 100 dogs

#26

TL;DR but from the summary it says "Socially acquired" which seems like a leap to me. Couldn't it also be as simple as children don't fully understand all the difference between themelves and animals. For example, my 3 year old probably thinks dogs can talk and pilot helicopters.

With all of the Diseny movies that show animals acting like humans && knowing how kids love to watch movies on infinite loop, it's not really hard to imagine why

Re: Children choose to save dogs over humans, adults chose 1 human over 100 dogs

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Scenario: You are at the Louvre Museum, suddenly there's a big fire. You are standing next to the painting of Mona Lisa that is about to catch on fire. From the corner of your eyes you also see a small kitten collapsed under fallen rubbles and desperately and hopelessly trying to get out. Which one do you rescue first?

kitten.

Re: Children choose to save dogs over humans, adults chose 1 human over 100 dogs

#29

Scenario: You are at the Louvre Museum, suddenly there's a big fire. You are standing next to the painting of Mona Lisa that is about to catch on fire. From the corner of your eyes you also see a small kitten collapsed under fallen rubbles and desperately and hopelessly trying to get out. Which one do you rescue first?

Save the kitten then bask in the notoriety. When asked why you did it, claim the painting was disappointingly small and very over rated.
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