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I don't think there is as much to understand as you make it out to be. People feel insulted when called apes, because it is frequently used as an insult. It ma
by jnky 10y ago
I don't think there is as much to understand as you make it out to be. People feel insulted when called apes, because it is frequently used as an insult.
It may well be taxonomically correct to say that humans as well as apes are primates and members of the Hominidae family, but that doesn't make it any less insulting.
Just because something is technically correct doesn't mean it isn't dehumanizing and suitable as an insult. I'm sure nobody would like to be called a sack of meat either.
- mc32 10y agoPoint taken. Still, this is a machine that's doing the labelling, and one would have to think someone purposely programmed it to do that, rather than the engineers lacking foresight to see a possible misrecognition.