I work with people who think animals are "automata." Such a position is insane to me. We can't understand their valences but it's clear that evolution must've c

I work with people who think animals are "automata." Such a position is insane to me. We can't understand their valences but it's clear that evolution must've conserved much of what it is to be aware. > We have generated more death and destruction for life on this planet than any other animal, past and present. What about the first photosynthesizing microbes which triggered a mass extinction? Capturing light in carbon bonds was a mistake? Valorizing the "state of nature" is error.