quackademic<p>To be alive is to be part of a food chain. How do we make ethical choices when we recognise all beings as sentient? As in so many questions of ethics I’d listen to Buddhists like the late zen teacher <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/ThichNathHanh" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ThichNathHanh</span></a>, whose traditions have understood the sentience of all beings - animal, vegetable & mineral - for centuries.</p><p>Do worms feel pain and are ants happy? Why the science on invertebrate feelings is evolving <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/feb/25/do-worms-feel-pain-are-ants-happy-science-of-invertebrate-feelings?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/environment/20</span><span class="invisible">25/feb/25/do-worms-feel-pain-are-ants-happy-science-of-invertebrate-feelings?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other</span></a></p>