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the laughing anima(l)
Created on 2007-05-17 00:37:18 (#12960674), last updated 2009-07-04
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Basic Info| Name: | laughing_anima |
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Bioanima: soul, mind, armor (arch.); the repressed female personality in a male (Jung); animal with the last letter dropped.
Heinlein called Man, "the laughing animal," but we are more and more realizing that the barriers that we set to define personhood -- tool use, language, intelligence, self-awareness -- aren't very good markers at all if the point is to set us aside from our fellow animals. The concept of laughter is no different. Most recently it has been documented in rats, who laugh and become affectionate when tickled.
Heinlein called Man, "the laughing animal," but we are more and more realizing that the barriers that we set to define personhood -- tool use, language, intelligence, self-awareness -- aren't very good markers at all if the point is to set us aside from our fellow animals. The concept of laughter is no different. Most recently it has been documented in rats, who laugh and become affectionate when tickled.
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