[FRIAM] another entry into the (lack of a) human-animal status differential

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Cognition is not exceptional
http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1059712318756166

> Humans, I would say, have bad form when it comes to recognising their commonality with others. History abounds with assertions by particular groups that their gender, culture or other narrowly defined group status possesses special and unique qualities that justify privi- leging the in-group over out-groups in various ways.
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> It took a while for astronomers to be convinced that our planet was not literally the centre of the universe. When we turn our attention to other living beings, it is a similar story. ‘Time after time we have demonstrated capacities in animals that were thought to set our species apart’ (de Waal, 2017).


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