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submitted 1 year ago by Wilshire@lemmy.world to c/science@lemmy.world

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[–] JayTreeman@fedia.io 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Art, check Funerals, check (also implies religion) Names, check

At this point how are they different from us. Besides the looks

Edit: implies doesn't mean prove. Funerals is one thing, but graveyards are a little different

[–] MonkderDritte@feddit.de 21 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Funerals, check (also implies religion)

Or respect for each other. Don't need religion for funerals.

[–] PancakeTrebuchet@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

To be fair, it's entirely possible elephants have created a deity of sorts. We'd have zero way of knowing.

[–] Olhonestjim@lemmy.world 18 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Funerals don't imply religion. Religionists like to pretend that it's the only reason people care about each other. But that's silly, isn't it?

[–] sukhmel@programming.dev 2 points 1 year ago

The true single reason people care about each other is money, of course /s