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[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Assuming trees feel anything like humans.

There are always good and bad experiences, humanity is no different but we can’t exactly tell what a tree enjoys or how they may perceive reality.

Have you considered alien trees?

[–] lath 1 points 6 days ago

Exactly, we can't tell (yet). So the feeling of wanting to be like a tree is a superficial one for now. Because we don't really understand what it means to be a tree, we just like what we see to be a tree.

We look at their difficulties and think "I can handle that", but it's no different than an amateur watching a master at work and think "I can do that" even though it's the environment and experience that allowed them to grow into what we see.

Alien trees are included.