Wow, this is incredible. Such a great write-up and so much here. Two questions:
1) Do you think there is a consensus that Jon Mallatt and Todd Feinberg are among the leading experts and their books among the best on the subject? Just trying to figure out how much to update based on this.
2) Jon Mallatt seems from the way he talks like the type of biologist who could be amenable to wild -animal welfare research. Has anyone reached out to him?
Re: 1) I’m not sure. I would say that the number of people who might be considered experts on the subject of invertebrate consciousness is very low. I can’t remember reading anything by these experts about who they consider to be the leading experts on the subject.
Re: 2) I have talked to him about it yet, but may do so at some point in the future. I doubt that anyone else has.
Wow, this is incredible. Such a great write-up and so much here. Two questions:
1) Do you think there is a consensus that Jon Mallatt and Todd Feinberg are among the leading experts and their books among the best on the subject? Just trying to figure out how much to update based on this.
2) Jon Mallatt seems from the way he talks like the type of biologist who could be amenable to wild -animal welfare research. Has anyone reached out to him?
Re: 1) I’m not sure. I would say that the number of people who might be considered experts on the subject of invertebrate consciousness is very low.
I can’t remember reading anything by these experts about who they consider to be the leading experts on the subject.
Re: 2) I have talked to him about it yet, but may do so at some point in the future. I doubt that anyone else has.