False. Elephants lack free will.
Source: I have free will and I'm not an elephant.
theyve been tortured enough by humans they deserve to do whatever they want
Except pirate a movie!
Make a big "pirate a movie" button for them to trunk smash.
If they can do anything, they should do it themselves, those smug bastards
True, they can even mrrrreow meow meow :3 if they wanted
There is a political metaphor here
Except dodge bullets, unfortunately...
Edit: in fact, I think we as a species have single-handedly demonstrated that there is not a single concrete thing on this planet that can dodge bullets! That's... and achievement, I guess!
Edit 2: and if anyone had any doubts, we invented bullets which could annihilate entire cities in one go! "Dodge this" - Trinity, The Matrix
I mean what do we consider dodging and what is a bullet, and we kinda made bullet dodging machine.
Because is dodging one bullet but eventually getting caught by an other a valid answer? Is a guided missile a bullet? Can we consider that a jet fighter, since it can sometimes dodge missiles and gunfire count as bullet dodging in this context?
Fair point, laying it out!
In my mind, the experiment is valid as long as the target becomes aware of the incoming projectile (propelled by combustion, so either standard contemporary rounds or matchlock balls, or cannonballs, or ICBMs, or what have you) at the point of initial acceleration - i.e. when the shot is fired, at the earliest. The target isn't required to be aware of the projectile at all for the experiment to be valid.
Then it is considered a successful dodge if the target, by use of nothing other than its own physical capabilities, avoids being hit. For a bullet, this'd be dodging, for an ICBM it'd be running away, I guess.
Also, poor targeting doesn't count as a dodge, it's just wasted time.
Edit: and by "target/thing which exists on this planet" I mean something which exists without human generation (other than procreation) - i.e. not a bullet-dodging machine.
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