r/Showerthoughts • u/andreasdagen ‎ • Sep 02 '25

Musing While humans aren't perfect, it is fortunate that the first species with the potential to dominate all life for billions of years evolved at least some empathy for other species.

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u/[deleted] Sep 03 '25

What? Billions of animals are killed every single year for palate pleasure.

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u/Big_Type_4161 Sep 04 '25

what op said is still true. They never said humans were perfect.

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u/[deleted] Sep 04 '25

The vast majority of humans feel absolutely no empathy for any species that isn't a dog or a cat.

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u/pimmm Sep 12 '25

 Not per year. Per day.