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Anthropomorphism is the curse of our intelligence

• shsysuzhzbb 4y ago
  Everyone always says this, but why? I hear how it is 'dangerous' to anthropomorphize animals by people like Joe Rogan constantly. Can you explain what is 'dangerous' about it? Or why we have to be 'careful' doing so? Genuinely interested. To me, the only downside is we might have to face the atrocities we commit in our daily life.
  • wolverine876 4y ago
    > I hear how it is 'dangerous' to anthropomorphize animals by people like Joe Rogan constantly. They find some odd things to worry about.
  • BurningPenguin 4y ago
    Some people seem to think that if humans aren't special, then they will be treated like animals. Which is quite ironic, if you consider human history.
  • eointierney 4y ago
    It's not so much about animals as about everything else. It's dangerous because we over-simplify in terms of ourselves, and we often therefore lead each other astray from demonstable accuracy. We might commit atrocities as we are very wasteful, but with a little more "seeing the universe in ourselves" and a little less "seeing ourselves in the universe", we might refrain from anthropomorphisation and just enjoy our extraordinary amazingness, without destroying the planet as an afterthought to our vanity. Anthropomorphism is boring and lazy