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What's it like to be a bat? Scientists develop new solution to the puzzle of animal minds

  • March 12, 2026 at 1:10 AM
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What's it like to be a bat? Scientists develop new solution to the puzzle of animal minds
In 1974, philosopher Thomas Nagel posed a deceptively simple question: "What is it like to be a bat?" His point wasn't really about bats. He was offering a provocative challenge about the limits of understanding another mind: no matter how much we try, we cannot access what it feels like to experience the world as another.

Originally published at Phys.org

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