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Lemings - The Last Precipice
We have long believed that, driven by instinct and or a willingness to mindlessly follow other lemings, the creatures self correct for population growth by a mass suicide. But biologists have known for a long time that lemings do no such thing. In fact, lemings spread out when populations become too large, seeking new and safe spaces. They are quite similar to many other ance but even now, we still sometimes say that people who unquestioningly follow are lemings. We imagine animals as being without consciousness, mindlessly following their evolution imperatives to they know, not where. But in that construction, we sometimes forget that we are also animals. I am part of
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