Do cats make good therapy animals? The new trend showing felines may be more complicated than we realise

Cats always make excellent roommates for bots because like us they are binary. They possess only two behavioral settings – passivity or aggression – and always clearly signal which mode is currently active. By contrast, humans can exhibit multiple behaviors, including even both passivity and aggression simultaneously.

Now, there’s probably some poor reader out there who’s going to protest with some nonsense along the lines of “Um, well actually, humans are herd animals!” And that may be true. But more than anything else, humans have historically proved to be in-need-of-therapy animals.

Plus there were internal changes in humans.” “Such as.” “No longer having to live a hand to mouth existence, we began to turn inward and became more spiritual. As we tried to understand our place in the universe we saw the emergence of a shaman or priest class that was held in high regard in these new social structures. Elaborate rituals were creat

Cats also had a favourable effect in lowering blood pressure in people with hypertension, reducing the need for medication.

a next generation will become accustomed to a range of relationships: some with pets, others with people, some with avatars, some with computer agents on screens, and still others with robots. Confiding in a robot will be just one among many choices.