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Why doesn't he consider what he calls Level 2 pain and suffering? It seems to me that it's the very definition of pain.
His analogy to blindsight seemed enlightening. One could say that animals do not experience pain in the same way that someone with blindsight does not see a baseball hurtling toward his face.
Yeah I can just imagine the coyote thinking "oh weird I'm running away from this snake and yiping. I wonder what thats all about.".