Fish Sentience, Consciousness, and Artificial Intelligence

What is it about?

The systematic criticism of articles providing evidence that fish and invertebrates can feel pain is discussed. Beliefs are known to be stronger than evidence in the human mind, and could generate this outcry, while from another perspective, the criticisms appear as a territorial move by fishermen against a perceived threat to their domain. The scientific inconsistency in which consciousness is granted to machines but not to fish and invertebrates, purely due to political bias, is pointed out. No basis exists for denying sentience to any life form as long as science is ignorant of the nature and source of consciousness.

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Photo by Worachat Sodsri on Unsplash

Photo by Worachat Sodsri on Unsplash

Why is it important?

It is important to recognize the fact that fish are real animals with the ability to feel pain like all others. Fishermen just don't want to be considered cruel. But maybe it's time to rethink their stone-age practice of tricking animals to bite onto, or swallow, a hook.