What’s it like to be a bat? Scientists develop new solution to the puzzle of animal minds

What’s it like to be a bat? Scientists develop new solution to the puzzle of animal minds

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 the world as another. This might seem like an abstract philosophical puzzle. But it’s crucial when we consider the bil…