Fish-don39t-feel-pain

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fish-don39t-feel-pain

Title text: There should be a field of science dedicated to ruining thought experiments.

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Recent scientific studies suggest that fish do not feel pain in the same sense that humans do.

As a philosopher of ethics, this finding could undermine 30 years of my life's work.

I have therefore teamed up with geneticists to take pain perception genes from loveable intelligent dolphins and transplant them into a species of salmon.

The salmon will also be genetically modified to have humanoid vocal chords that permit the word

So if someone asks whether fish feel pain. The answer is

Soon.

Votey Transcript

[The philosopher's face, with a speech bubble saying]

the fishy's name is Ouchie!

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