Saturday, July 17, 2010

Radiolab

Highly recommended: "Animal Minds" - an episode from WNYC's great Radiolab program.

When we gaze into the eyes of a wild animal, or even a beloved pet, can we ever really know what they might be thinking? Is it naive to assume they're experiencing something close to human emotions? Or, on the contrary, is it ridiculous to assume that they AREN'T feeling something like that?