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by smt88 961 days ago
Reacting to harm is not the same as suffering. As far as we know, suffering requires nerves and cognition that mosquitoes don't have (not even close).
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yes, as far as you know from your 1-sample subjective experience of being a human being, that other beings with nervous systems don't suffer.
Insects have nervous systems. Nearly all animals do.