Remember, the #earth has had several mass #extinction events: one caused by #algae, one caused by #trees, one caused by an #asteroid, and several caused by earth itself in the form of #volcanos. Quit acting like earth and life are so precious and delicate, and that #humans are so alien and uniquely terrible. We are doing what #life has always done, and we can not end this planet. To think so is #egotistic and #anthropocentric.

#anthropocentric #speciesism : Exmoor #squirrel Project wants grey squirrels culled and on menus https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-somerset-64789834 & here’s a relevant poem I wrote about it a while ago.

@ubdvtlab looks sortof #anthropocentric #anthropocentrism

OK #bookstodon could you give me some recommendations for #books with #animism ?

I'm not looking for something where some of the animals are talking, I want something more like #PrincessMononoke where all living beings are viewed as persons, even if they can't talk.

#ecolinguistics #anthropocentric

okay, who *are* you 19% of people who responded "yes"?! Shocking. Why would you think this way? Why are you #anthropocentric? I want to hear from you. It is unlikely I will follow you, or approve your follow request, more likely I will block you. Still, I want to know why you think this way.

The "yes" answers were at 6% until it started to become lunchtime in North America. I suspect most of the "yes" answers came from there. Why?

#SpeciesExtinction #ClimateCrisis #Habitat #HabitatDestruction

What’s happening to the world at the moment forces us to see Hume’s problem of induction in a different light

As @Meadwaj makes clear on the podcast Politics, Theory, Other, the #anthropocentric models that are embedded in many sciences are no longer sound now nature has become unstable

#climatechange #science #economics #philosophy

https://indoxicate.me/unstable-nature/

If we think of #sentience as a measure of "how like a human is this being?" we've taken a wrong turn.

Sentience pre-dates humans by many millions of years and humans make up a tiny percentage of all sentient beings.

So how can sentience be #anthropocentric?

An #author talk with James Bridle about his #book was most inspiring (I've only just started reading it): Ways of Being: Beyond Human #Intelligence. He explores not only #morethanhuman #intelligence but also #artificialintelligence

"All the different ways we’ve tried to build #AI over the years have always been shaped by that definition of #human intelligence. And increasingly that’s looked damaging and dangerous." A new interview https://emergencemagazine.org/interview/an-ecological-technology/ #anthropocene #anthropocentric

The result of this separation & alienation from nature is to have a severely limited view the world through our clouded #anthropocentric lens & to fail to understand the true scale of the damage we’re doing to #ecosystems & #biodiversity. (2/3)

The result of this separation & alienation from nature is to have a severely limited view the world through our clouded #anthropocentric lens & to fail to understand the true scale of the damage we’re doing to #ecosystems & #biodiversity. (2/3)

"#Humans v #nature: our long and destructive journey to the age of #extinction

The story of the #damage done to the world’s #biodiversity is a tale of #decline spanning thousands of years. Can the world seize its chance to #change the #narrative?" #longread by Phoebe Weston https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/nov/25/cop15-humans-v-nature-our-long-and-destructive-journey-to-the-age-of-extinction-aoe #biodiversityloss #climateemergency #anthropocene #anthropocentric #earth #history #AgeOfExtinction #solutions #COP #ecology

#Lichen grows on concrete and #mosses survive on our house roofs if we don’t kill them. What can they teach us?
Read what the #mossy #stones in my #garden teach me about #crises: "I don’t think that we have multiple singular crises. All these are symptoms of one big crisis: Our way of #consuming and #profit thinking in an #anthropocentric, greedy, and #exploiting way. And old power structures fighting for their profits and privileges against #change." ▶️ https://www.cronenburg.net/chuckitin/ #mosstodon #hope

It's exciting like the first time, I just clicked the publish button for Episode 4 of my #NatureMatchCuts #podcast:
Sitting With Your Beloved #Sourdough"

Let us scratch the #anthropocentric view of life again!

During the pandemic, many of you grew #monsters in the fridge: homemade #sourdough. I'll tell you about the #secrets of our #countryside #traditions. A fascinating being will show you how important #soilhealth is.
How #human are our bodies? Or how alien?
https://anchor.fm/naturematchcuts/episodes/Season-01-Ep-04-Sitting-With-Your-Beloved-Sourdough-e1r8s38

Speaking of #anthropocentric *thinking* (or rather a lack of proper thinking): The #bushfires in #Australia have killed 28 human beings so far - and millions of #animals, both wild and domestic. The consequences for the fragile ecosystems #downunder will be severe.