[jphalimi]

Opinion: Your Dog Feels as Guilty as She Looks

Science does not need opinions. The question is worth asking, but this article does not seem to be backed by any kind of research or experiments.

[Felz]

Yea. The entire argument appears to be a single anecdote about some guy's dog acting really upset after biting his hand.

Quoting the article:

> For the longest time, science has depicted animals as stimulus-response machines while declaring their inner lives barren. This has helped us sustain our customary “anthropodenial”: the denial that we are animals. We like to see ourselves as special, but whatever the difference between humans and animals may be, it is unlikely to be found in the emotional domain.

Isn't this just a strawman in service to an applause light?

[tim333]

There are some research and experiments in the article - eg give a dog a lemon is one you could try at home.

The author has loads of science awards, papers etc https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frans_de_Waal#Awards

Even including an Ig Nobel prize for showing chimps can recognise each other from butt pics.