"Feelings are real... They are, in fact... the wellspring of #sentient being... From their origin in some of the most ancient strata of the brain, they irrigate the dead soil of unconscious representations and bring them to mental life." Mark Solms in "The Hidden Spring"

Here's our #SentientistConversation - one of our most watched:

https://youtu.be/lcrxdHOVLQQ (also on the #Sentientism podcast as ever - episode 112).

Even compassionate people can do terrible things if they believe lies or make factual mistakes.

That’s why #Sentientism insists on “evidence and reason” as well as “compassion for all sentient beings.”

Good discussion with another #Humanist group yesterday about #Sentientism. We tried not to think backwards. Instead:

1) Facts - critical thinking about good quality evidence
2) Ethics - genuinely considering perspectives of all others
3) Implications - face them with courage.

"Just dive in and meet people where they're at"

Ashley Byrne, Director of Outreach for PETA @peta joins me for #Sentientism episode 153 on YouTube and Podcast. Thanks
Ashley! 🤩

https://youtu.be/doZs2w6OVNI

Love people who aren't me writing about #Sentientism 🙂 https://benthams.substack.com/p/some-arguments-for-sentientism

"I went vegan finally when I fell in love with one"
Filmmaker & writer Jay Shapiro joins me for #Sentientism Ep: 151. Full episode at https://youtu.be/fCe9XSVNPmM
and on the Sentientism podcast feed as ever. Hope you enjoy as much as I did! Let us know what you think. Here's a clip!

Looking forward to speaking at this later today - and diving into some interesting discussions too. Come along if you're in range of London! #Sentientism #Humanism https://www.meetup.com/central-london-humanists/events/291188125/

If there's one worldview I wish powerful AI (and humans) would adopt - it would be #Sentientism:

"Evidence, reason and compassion for all sentient beings."

Whether by persuasion, training corpus & feedback, setting an example, hard-coding...

Should #EffectiveAltruism Take #Abolitionism More Seriously?

Dhruv Makwana joins me for Ep: 150 of the #Sentientism podcast & YouTube.

https://spotifyanchor-web.app.link/e/Njb1YvAopyb
https://youtu.be/PsUPUJIHVvg

It's not enough to persuade people that #Sentientism's "evidence, reason and compassion for all sentient beings" is a good worldview.

We need to help them align their psychology, social norms and institutions with it.

The latter is harder than the former.

How we come to exclude so many non-human sentient beings from moral consideration. A fascinating @SentienceInstitute podcast conversation between two previous #Sentientism podcast guests, Matti Wilks and Jamie Harris: https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/the-sentience-institute-podcas-1254113/episodes/matti-wilks-on-human-animal-in-161260528

"Why is it so hard to talk about meat?" Our new #Sentientism podcast episode is a cross-post of my conversation with Jenny Splitter from her FutureFeed substack (go subscribe!). Thanks Jenny!: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/149-why-is-it-so-hard-to-talk-about-meat-cross-post/id1540408008?i=1000604685025

Life in the wild certainly isn't idyllic... but maybe it's not hellish either.

Fascinating, and hopeful? paper by Heather Browning and Walter Veit. Guests on #Sentientism podcast episodes 54 and 48 🤩

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10539-023-09901-5

"The flawed case against more than human rights" by previous #Sentientism podcast guest Josh Gellers (way back in episode 20!):

https://www.openglobalrights.org/flawed-case-against-more-than-human-rights/?lang=English

Has #Humanism become just another dogma? Or can it keep moving and improving?

I enjoyed talking about #Sentientism to Leslie Rosenblood (MBA, PMP, CSM) of Centre For Inquiry Canada on his Podcast for Inquiry. Thanks Leslie!

As ever, I'm just one Sentientist so others may (will) disagree! Feedback always welcome. Why not leave a comment, share around and don't forget to subscribe to CFIC and PFI.

Watch: https://youtu.be/iug75YwfTS0

Listen: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/jamie-woodhouse-on-sentientism/id1600815518?i=1000604292415

Some people think that #Sentientism is "all about [X]" because [X] is the implication of Sentientism they most disagree with or most agree with.

But "evidence, reason and compassion for all sentient beings" is about many other things too 🙂

Loved talking about the meanings of the word "animal", the value of #systemsthinking, #environmentalism, #AIEthics, #RobotRights and of course #Sentientism with Jordi Casamitjana in the first ever episode of Vegan FTA's #VeganReflections series.

https://youtu.be/LHJQ8L3YIOQ

"Vegan pets... They're enjoying their lives more & they're living longer" 🌱🐶🐱💚
Veterinary scholar @DrAndrewKnight 🤩 joins me for Ep: 148 on the #Sentientism YouTube & Podcast.
Full episode here & on your podcast app: https://youtu.be/7U3ZCFwZ2pY

De magnifiques ressources et un mouvement pour les francophones 🇫🇷. Or for anyone with translation tech (so everyone!) Merci @PMeduses 🤩

https://projet-meduses.com/notre-charte/
https://sentience.pm/

#Sentience #Sentientism #Sentientisme #ProjetMéduses

"Defending Sentientism" | Pre-print | By #Sentientism podcast guests Heather Browning and Walter Veit
https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/21817/1/Defending%20Sentientism%20Preprint.pdf