When the philosopher Wittgenstein said, “If a lion could speak, we wouldn’t understand it,” he was positing a radical separation between humans and animals, and even higher mammals, which would render complex communication simply impossible. Anybody who has interacted with animals earnestly and openly will know this simply isn’t... true. A moment’s tenderness with a cat is enough to demonstrate how deeply wrong Wittgenstein was. This cat suddenly appeared in my garden a few weeks back when I was working out, and now every evening he’s there waiting for me, usually sat on my weight bench, when I go up the garden to work out. He jumps up on my stomach when I bench press and runs in and out of my legs when I squat. He gets scared by kettlebell swings and plyometric exercises. I know that if he could talk, I would understand exactly what he had to say, and he would understand me. I feel greater kinship with him than with the vast majority of my fellow humans, many of whom would gladly have seen me imprisoned for refusing a vaccine.show more

Ludwig is forgiven

Logic dictates that something—or someone—always had to exist. Assume it was a “someone,” not a “something.” Why would such a being create a world like ours, one filled with pain? The Advent of Time provides a definitive answer.

Wittgenstein was hypothyroid

Something was very wrong with him. It’s clear just from looking at pictures of him.

What if a lion could rape small barking dogs?

Cats eat their owners corpses pretty much immediately after they die, usually starting with the face. There have also been studies done that show if you were shrunken down to the size your cat could kill and eat you it would.

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Wittgentstein wasn't negging animals he was pointing out that logic trains don't work in the animal world what they value and focus we could never understand that doesn't stop connection, communication, and sense of humor

But house cats (and dogs) are domesticated--they have been bred for millennia to be socially compatible with us. Wittgenstein picked Lions and not house cats for a reason. There is a continuity there, he certainly wouldn't deny that, but the distance is indeed great.

Wittgenstein was a SHITLIB

Kinship and companionship with animals are one of the most underrated blessings on God’s green world. The connection with select special animals in particular is powerfully clear already. Of course we would understand what they had to say.