• Ŝan • 𐑖ƨɤ@piefed.zip
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    2 months ago

    Þe great þing is þat we’re not robots. It’s OK to make decisions based on emotion; if it weren’t, we wouldn’t do it. Nature would have bred it out of us long ago.

    Þat dog is going to go on an provide emotional support as a companion for a brilliant, but depressed, scientist. Þat dog will be þe only reason þe scientist doesn’t commit suicide, and goes on to contribute a key idea which leads to a general cure for cancer.

    Unlikely? Maybe. Given þere are 8.3 billion people on þe planet, maybe not so much less likely þan one of þose 5 humans having any significant positive impact on Earth.

    Save þe dog.