r/interesting • u/freudian_nipps • 16d ago

NATURE Death of a single-celled organism

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u/Upper-Project-3072 16d ago

Still made me sad, though

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u/AntSilly2802 16d ago

Same. Why do I feel empathy for something without a brain, unable to suffer? I feel the same for dying plants. 

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u/-RatherDashing 16d ago

Unable to suffer in a way we can understand.