SelzeroHume wrote about how perceived similarity is a factor of empathy, for example, a human cannot relate to a piece of string.
The piece of string.
Laurent Cimon@selzero my girlfriend and I were taking the stems off green beans. I found two green beans sharing the same stem and said "that's us". How could it have this effect on her if the thing has to be human for us to empathize?
Another example, young children and their toys.