If cats were people, they’d probably be psychopaths, scientists say

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[–]FlippyKing 10 insightful - 10 fun10 insightful - 9 fun11 insightful - 10 fun -  (3 children)

A lot of Lawyers, MBAs, and politicians are glad that cats are not human then. They would hate the competition.

[–]Optimus85 5 insightful - 3 fun5 insightful - 2 fun6 insightful - 3 fun -  (0 children)

Mittens: attorney-at-law. I'd watch that.

[–]BravoVictor 5 insightful - 3 fun5 insightful - 2 fun6 insightful - 3 fun -  (1 child)

Speak for yourself. My cat is licensed to practice law in four states!

[–]FlippyKing 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

I hope your cat's not neutered then, to more fully fuck clients.

[–]Spotted_Lady 8 insightful - 5 fun8 insightful - 4 fun9 insightful - 5 fun -  (1 child)

I'm sure if you read the law carefully, you'll find a claws or two.

[–][deleted] 7 insightful - 6 fun7 insightful - 5 fun8 insightful - 6 fun -  (6 children)

The fact that many cats will fall somewhere on the psychopathy spectrum may be attributable to their animalistic nature

Animals act like animals because they're animals, but if they were humans that'd be bad. Gotcha, don't act too much like a cat.

Thank god for science.

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    [–][deleted] 5 insightful - 3 fun5 insightful - 2 fun6 insightful - 3 fun -  (4 children)

    Evolved animals. The cat things 20 million years ago probably acted just like modern cats. The cat things in another 10 million will probably be the same. Humans have been recognizable for half a million.

    Relevant song.

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      [–][deleted] 3 insightful - 3 fun3 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 3 fun -  (1 child)

      I'm saying we change, they do not. I don't think they ever will. We aren't the same kind of animal.

      [–]JasonCarswell 2 insightful - 3 fun2 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 3 fun -  (0 children)

      survival of the fittest

      That's ruling class propaganda.

      IFIFY:
      survival of the most adaptable

      [–]Bridgeheadprod 6 insightful - 3 fun6 insightful - 2 fun7 insightful - 3 fun -  (0 children)

      I feel stupider for having read that article

      [–]package 6 insightful - 2 fun6 insightful - 1 fun7 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

      If cats were people they would all be severely mentally retarded and cognitively lacking. They would not be able to learn to speak and or communicate beyond vocalization of basic needs and desires. They would not be able to have meaningful interactions with others. They wouldn’t even be able to meaningfully reflect on their own situation as they would have no concept of self.

      [–]Noam_Chomsky 4 insightful - 3 fun4 insightful - 2 fun5 insightful - 3 fun -  (0 children)

      When a lion takes over a pride he kills the young cubs, so the females to into estrus.

      [–][deleted] 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

      what's sad is that the scientists who spent millions on this study are more beneficial to humanity than those who cover for the pandemic.

      [–]naples 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

      Subtle point! I really think that there is something to be said for just keeping stupid people busy.

      [–]chadwickofwv 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

      The truly sad part is that the stupid people are the ones with multiple phd's.

      I work with at least 100 scientists regularly, and I can say with complete confidence that most of them are incompetent outside of the very narrow field they study. Some of them are not even competent in their own field.

      [–]aaarrgh 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

      Among scientists too there are a lot of psychopaths.

      [–]JasonCarswell 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

      I always say cats are autistic.