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Steve Best on The Left's Ignorance of Cognitive Ethology

Animal Person

But now the blinders are coming off, and it is time Leftists take their own off and wake up to the fact of the ethological revolution and its profound implications for human identity, our moral relationships to nonhuman animals, and to politics. Humanized' mice speak volumes (scienceblog.com). Why can we talk?

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Deconstructing Slate's "Pepper" Series

Animal Person

It's one that's brought on, no doubt, by the acts of vandalism and intimidation of radical animal-rights groups, but I think it also serves to insulate the research community from any responsibility it might otherwise have to increase transparency and public engagement with the work. Maybe on paper. The entire idea isn't justifiable.