Do you think tarantulas are sentient? Why/why not?

[DrGilman]

Okay, now this getting ridiculous. So you're saying that their legs aren't comparable to ours, but you still think they feel pain in the same way we do? And if you don't why do keep arguing? What's silly is trying to compare a mammals pain response to a invertebrates, which is what I've been trying to say.

I'm not really sure how to get my point across I guess. I'm saying they feel pain because we know they do through science. I've said that of course it's not the same way we feel it because no one feels the same thing as anyone else (other mind theory). So I'm not sure where to go from here. They are two different things. 1: do they feel pain? Yes. 2: Is pain an exclusive and subjective experience to every different living thing? Yes.

 

[SonsofArachne]

1: do they feel pain? Yes. 2: Is pain an exclusive and subjective experience to every different living thing? Yes.

This is (sort of) what I've been saying all along. Glad you finally see my point

 

[Harry Haller]

1: do they feel pain? Yes.

No. "They" don't.

2: Is pain an exclusive and subjective experience to every different living thing? Yes.

No. It is not. If it was true, language, every form of language, would be pointless.