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The Massacre at Monkey Hill
- cpt1138 10y ago"Born in South Africa, where baboons were regarded as a pest, he had spent his teenage years shooting the animals for bounty and dissecting their bodies for fun. This odd adolescent hobby notwithstanding,..." Completely changed the tone of the article from describing a scientist that misjudged the data, to a psychopath that used the data to justify his warped sense of the world.
- walter_bishop 10y agohttps://priceonomics.com/the-massacre-at-monkey-hill/ https://priceonomics.com/the-massacre-at-monkey-hill/ "Taking a cue from German zookeepers, the London Zoological Society designed an outdoor enclosure called Monkey Hill in 1924" I'm confused, why would someone call a primate enclosure 'Monkey Hill in 1924'? Unless they meant: In 1924 and taking a cue from German zookeepers, the London Zoological Society designed an outdoor enclosure called Monkey Hill. "Ape and monkey society is built on violence and sexual dominance" and young human society is based on football and cock-blocking.
- eggman 10y agoindeed, football and cockblocking are pillars