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Biobigotry.

By Ann Althouse

Some animals really piss Natalie Angier off. And she's looking into her bigotry problem:

Our proneness to biobigotry, experts said, arises from several salient human traits. For one, we are equipped with an often overactive theory of mind ? the conviction that those around you have their own minds, goals and desires, and that it might behoove you to anticipate what they?ll do next. We spin elaborate narratives out of the slenderest of observational threads: Look, the blue jay is trying to dislodge the cowbird from the feeder. Could the jay know the cowbird is a nest parasite and be trying to drum it out of town? ?We interpret animal behaviors through a human lens and human morality,? said Mr. Fraser, the conservation psychologist.

Yeah? Well, I'm mad. And that's a fact:

Full post as published by Althouse on April 29, 2008 (boomark / email).