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Everything filed under evolutionary biology evolutionary biology Everything filed under behavioural science behavioural science Everything filed under documentation documentation Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: Speciesism is a prejudice in favour of one's own species over others Speciesism is a prejudice in favour ofone's own species over others PS Peter Singer — holds since c. 1975 — tap for who they are Same subject: Human races are better called sub-species, and evolution will end the monogenist-polygenist dispute — tap to centre the map on it Human races are better calledsub-species, and evolution will endthe monogenist-polygenist dispute CD Charles Darwin — holds since c. 1871–1874 — tap for who they are Same subject: Thinking well of mankind is more favourable to virtue than a low opinion of our nature — tap to centre the map on it Thinking well of mankind is morefavourable to virtue than a lowopinion of our nature DH David Hume — holds since c. 1741–1776 — tap for who they are Same subject: Humans are not individuals but dividuals — tap to centre the map on it Humans are not individuals butdividuals YH Yuval Noah Harari — holds since c. 2015–2017 — tap for who they are Same subject: Anti-intellectualism is usually ambivalence; pure dislike of intellect is uncommon — tap to centre the map on it Anti-intellectualism is usuallyambivalence; pure dislike ofintellect is uncommon RH Richard Hofstadter — holds since c. 1963 — tap for who they are Same subject: The mental difference between humans and higher animals is one of degree, not kind — tap to centre the map on it The mental difference between humansand higher animals is one of degree,not kind CD Charles Darwin — holds since c. 1871–1874 — tap for who they are Same subject: That a pitiless war within each species is a condition of progress is unproved and unconfirmed by direct observation — tap to centre the map on it That a pitiless war within eachspecies is a condition of progressis unproved and unconfirmed bydirect observation PK Peter Kropotkin — holds since c. 1902 — tap for who they are Same subject: Universal love and the good of the species make no evolutionary sense — tap to centre the map on it Universal love and the good of thespecies make no evolutionary sense RD Richard Dawkins — holds since c. 1976–1989 — tap for who they are Same subject: Most so-called color prejudice is sentiment shaped by the association of ideas, not prejudice against color — tap to centre the map on it Most so-called color prejudice issentiment shaped by the associationof ideas, not prejudice againstcolor AC Anna Julia Cooper — holds since c. 1892 — tap for who they are Same subject: A language model's apparent mind is mostly our own bias: it predicts text, and leverages our evolved habit of attributing intentionality to anything that acts human. — tap to centre the map on it A language model's apparent mind ismostly our own bias: it predictstext, and leverages our evolvedhabit of attributing intentionalityto anything that acts human. Last stated 3 years ago 22 Apr 2024 SC Sean Carroll — holds since 2024-04-22 — tap for who they are Same subject: A selection signal can be validated without a significance threshold, by measuring how far it is enriched for mutations an entirely independent study says affect a trait. — tap to centre the map on it A selection signal can be validatedwithout a significance threshold, bymeasuring how far it is enriched formutations an entirely independentstudy says affect a trait. Last stated 6 months ago 8 May 2026 DR David Reich — holds since 2026-05-08 — tap for who they are Same subject: A tribe of loyal, self-sacrificing members would defeat most other tribes, which is natural selection — tap to centre the map on it A tribe of loyal, self-sacrificingmembers would defeat most othertribes, which is natural selection CD Charles Darwin — holds since c. 1871–1874 — tap for who they are Same subject: A belief system combining cosmic stakes, privileged knowledge, personal vocation and an imperative to act can license extraordinary behavior when it conflicts with ordinary constraints. — tap to centre the map on it A belief system combining cosmicstakes, privileged knowledge,personal vocation and an imperativeto act can license extraordinarybehavior when it conflicts withordinary constraints. Last stated a month ago 17 Sept 2026 VR Venkatesh Rao — holds since 2026-09-17 — tap for who they are Same subject: A cancellation-reason drop-down measures list order rather than reasons: randomise the options and every one of them gets picked equally. — tap to centre the map on it A cancellation-reason drop-downmeasures list order rather thanreasons: randomise the options andevery one of them gets pickedequally. Last stated 9 months ago 25 Jan 2026 JC Jason Cohen — holds since 2026-01-25 — tap for who they are Same subject: A decision cannot be judged by its outcome, because good decisions fail through no fault of the decider and bad ones succeed by luck. — tap to centre the map on it A decision cannot be judged by itsoutcome, because good decisions failthrough no fault of the decider andbad ones succeed by luck. Last stated 4 years ago 9 Aug 2022 GK Gary Klein — holds since 2022-08-09 — tap for who they are Same subject: A company that deviates from open standards in its data exports without documenting the deviation creates an artificial vendor lock-in. — tap to centre the map on it A company that deviates from openstandards in its data exportswithout documenting the deviationcreates an artificial vendorlock-in. Last stated 2 years ago 3 Mar 2025 TS Tobias Sjösten — holds since 2025-03-03 — tap for who they are Same subject: A design proposal should describe the feature as though it already existed — once as a tutorial and once as reference documentation. — tap to centre the map on it A design proposal should describethe feature as though it alreadyexisted — once as a tutorial andonce as reference documentation. Last stated 5 months ago 20 May 2026 AR Alice Ryhl — holds since 2026-05-20 — tap for who they are Same subject: A design system is only as good as its documentation. — tap to centre the map on it A design system is only as good asits documentation. Last stated 10 years ago 1 Sept 2016 MM Mina Markham — holds since 2016-09-01 — tap for who they are
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At the centre Speciesism is a prejudice in favour of one's own species over others Last stated c. 1975 Holds Peter Singer Read this korrent →