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[–] daddy32 20 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Until we have better understanding and dictionary for their emotions, using names of human emotions instead can be a good approximation.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 months ago

I'm not even sure a shared taxonomy of human emotions is particularly accurate, given how differently people sense even nameable emotions.

But they're still valid emotions ofc, just kinda unknowable

[–] NielsBohron 8 points 2 months ago (1 children)

using names of human emotions instead can be a good approximation

It can be, but it can also be a gross misrepresentation. Outside of higher mammals, it seems safer to me to assume that their emotions are extremely dissimilar and human emotions are poor analogues at best.

[–] flicker 5 points 2 months ago

That does not mean they do not have value.

Also I'm shocked we haven't seen a snake person come and argue they get depressed.