Does your feeling that the default state is positive also apply to farm animals? Their reward system would be shaped by aritifical selection for the past few generations, but it is not immediately clear to me if you think that would make a difference.
First, it’s not a feeling, it’s a hypothesis. Please, do not mistake one for the other.
It could apply to them if they were not observed to be under stress conditions and captivity, and in behaviors consistent with psychological suffering—like neurotic ticks, vocalization or apathy.
(Tbh, I don’t quite see your point here, but I guess you possibly don’t see mine, either)
Does your feeling that the default state is positive also apply to farm animals? Their reward system would be shaped by aritifical selection for the past few generations, but it is not immediately clear to me if you think that would make a difference.
First, it’s not a feeling, it’s a hypothesis. Please, do not mistake one for the other. It could apply to them if they were not observed to be under stress conditions and captivity, and in behaviors consistent with psychological suffering—like neurotic ticks, vocalization or apathy. (Tbh, I don’t quite see your point here, but I guess you possibly don’t see mine, either)