I think that dogs offer us just the same portal to biophilia that John claims for cats. I'm touched that he in a sense came to join my argument is on this business of our relationship overall with what we insist on calling the natural world but which is really just the world and it made me think of a great science fiction story about a dog and his boy. If we do make it through what Stephen Hawking memorably described as this pinch point I want to have a dog hunting the most apocalyptic ruins not a pussy cat. Do you know who McGlaurian is? He's got very bad arthritis he needs a lot of medication he's not that old for a jack but he
It’s the issue that’s more polarising than politics. The world is full of animal lovers but we can’t agree on which pet is more worthy of our love – the loyal, obedient dog, or the inscrutable, capricious cat. In this episode philosopher John Gray goes up against writer Will Self to debate the age old question of which animal is superior. The debate was chaired by writer, academic and broadcaster Shahidha Bari.
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