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[Unedited] Robin Wall Kimmerer with Krista Tippett

On Being with Krista Tippett

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The Arrogance of Personhood

The arrogance of that the only, that humans are the only animate beings. Do we talk about anthropomorphism? Right. And this denial of personhood to all other beings is increasingly being refuted by science itself. I can't think of a single scientific study in the last few decades that has demonstrated that plants or animals are dumber than we think. It's really, we're at the edge of a wonderful revolution and understanding the sentience of other beings.

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