As much as I love this post, it's not terribly accurate. Snails are capable of learning behaviors and navigation, and they specifically do use dopamine as a neurotransmitter. I think this person has mistakenly assumed that their lack of a centralized brain limits their experiences and abilities more than it really does, and I think that's a very interesting and educational mistake to have made in this case. It drives home the overall feel of accepting and appreciating life in whatever way it manifests.

This is a really good post with a great perspective.

Before zooming in, I thought he was literally showing the world to a handful of chocolate pudding 😄

Didn't expect such depth put in such an approachable way. It's the kind of message I need rn. Thanks for sharing, OP!

If people enjoy the perspective shift, I can absolutely recommend the Children Of Time books

Each one taking on a completely new way of thinking about consciousness and sentience

Fourth book coming out in a couple months, and I'm super excited

Awww shit, Pudding's owner made me cry.

So this confirms the Valheim saying, the bees are happy.

Joe Rogan & Neil deGrasse Tyson: Smartness of Animals Compared To Brain Size

Now, allow me to ask how we could write forward with this speculative interspecies poiesis, peotry, or sensible beauty in form of words.

How wide is diversity?

Others taste and feel the desiccation of salt on their skin differently than me. Some, like our dude Pudding here, don't form lasting images in a centralized nervous system about it. They can't recall a memory of the sting of salt, nor the warmth of umami on their tastebuds.

But what does a hypersensible synesthete feel when the light breeze carries salt from the sea?

The neurodiverging spectrum on which we place autism as far away from us as we can, is a continuum we do not dare to think too much about. Heavy is the hand that shelters us into the norm. But from a position of privilege, we should remain able to ask respectfuly.

How does Pudding care about the world? How can anyone not care about their world?

A newborn learns the world by licking the salt of my sweaty hand. By trial and errors the images form, and the accumulation of stimuli shapes a world. Always welcoming the stimuli is an absolute necessity, but so is remaining in a state of irreverent flexibility. Nothing is ever so sure, shared, sufficient that it should be taken for granted! Stay with the trouble.

What can Pudding teach us? A lot apparently. So can we all teach each others something, can't we?