What’s it like to be a bat? Scientists develop new solution to the puzzle of animal minds
- Written by Cristina Luz Wilkins, PhD Candidate, Department of Environmental Studies, University of New England
Graham Holtshausen/UnsplashIn 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...





