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We've largely ignored Darwin's scribbled note to himself not to use the words 'higher' or 'lower' in discussions. This is especially true of mental processes,which we routinely label as 'higher order' or 'lower order'. Many of us now assume that only one kind of thinking has intrinsic value.[...]that there's only one kind of thinking, and only humans can do it. This is not only wrong;it impoverishes the living world.

“Somehow the notion of a unique human soul triumphed over a world of souls.”

“The world is now dominated by an animal that doesn’t think it’s an animal, and the future is being imagined by an animal that doesn’t want to be an animal. This is important.”

Immediately hooked.

Estupendo, ahora me quiero matricular en biología

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