Two previous Sentientism guests (Jeff Sebo and Josh Milburn) talking about "Saving Animals, Saving Ourselves": https://knowinganimals.libsyn.com/episode-210-saving-animals-and-ourselves-with-jeff-sebo
Libsyn
Knowing Animals: Episode 210: Saving Animals (and Ourselves) with Jeff Sebo
Dr Jeff Sebo is a Clinical Associate Professor of Environmental Studies at New York University, where he is also an affiliated professor in Bioethics, Medical Ethics, Philosophy, and Law, as well as the director of the Animal Studies MA Program and the Mind…
New research showing that people are too sceptical about animal sentience. By previous Sentientism guest, Kristof Dhont and team. For full text: https://www.sciencedirect.com/.../pii/S0010027722002517
also covered by sentient media here: https://sentientmedia.org/new-study-animal-intelligence/
also covered by sentient media here: https://sentientmedia.org/new-study-animal-intelligence/
Sentient
New Study: How We Misjudge Animal Intelligence
We're curious about animal intelligence but we might not want to believe it.
Media is too big
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Are #plantbased foods 🌱 healthy for cats 🐱 & dogs 🐶?
A 1 min primer - clip from a forthcoming #Sentientism episode with veterinarian @andrewknightvet Dr Andrew Knight.
A 1 min primer - clip from a forthcoming #Sentientism episode with veterinarian @andrewknightvet Dr Andrew Knight.
Punk Rock Vegan Movie | Moby | Interesting Sentientism-relevant references to critical thinking, scepticism, science, social norm breaking and universal compassion https://youtu.be/W9q1IidazY8
YouTube
Punk Rock Vegan Movie
Punk Rock Vegan Movie is a feature-length documentary written and directed (and shot and scored) by Moby. It looks at the surprising history of punk rock and animal rights activism, features interviews with dozens of punk rock legends, and also cameos from…
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Our FB group is at 1,999 members from 100 countries! Why not invite a friend and make them number 2,000!? https://www.facebook.com/groups/sentientism/
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Sentientism | Facebook
Group for people who are sentientists or are interested in Sentientism: "Evidence, reason and compassion for all sentient beings."
Sentientism is a worldview that commits to using evidence and...
Sentientism is a worldview that commits to using evidence and...
Academia is shifting... this is co-led by Sentientist and previous Sentientism guest (ep:7) John Adenitire: https://www.qmul.ac.uk/ihss/research/projects/forum-on-decentering-the-human/
"#Sentience - A Moral Inconvenience"
Although compassion for all sentient beings doesn't just condemn "factory farming". Its worst aspects, from the perspective of its sentient victims, are standard practices in non-factory farming systems too 😢
https://ivanbock.wordpress.com/2023/02/22/sentience-a-moral-inconvenience/
Although compassion for all sentient beings doesn't just condemn "factory farming". Its worst aspects, from the perspective of its sentient victims, are standard practices in non-factory farming systems too 😢
https://ivanbock.wordpress.com/2023/02/22/sentience-a-moral-inconvenience/
The Casual Philosopher
Sentience: A Moral Inconvenience
The question of what grounds value, and specifically moral value, has interested philosophers for a long time. There is no shortage of answers to the question. In fact, the many varying answers mak…
Next Sentientism episode is with science broadcaster and author Ziya Tong by the way - working on it now! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ziya_Tong
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Ziya Tong
Canadian television host
New: Bursting "The Reality Bubble"! Science broadcaster & author Ziya Tong joins me for #Sentientism ep:146 on Podcast & YouTube. Let us know what you think... Podcast ratings & reviews are particularly welcome 😍 https://youtu.be/YaRkbJGQ7qU
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Bursting "The Reality Bubble" - Ziya Tong - Science Broadcaster & Author - Ep: 146
Ziya (https://sentientism.info/sentientist-pledge/ziya-tong) is a television presenter, producer, author and board member. She was the co-host of @discovery Channel’s long-running primetime science magazine, Daily Planet. In 2019 she wrote the book “The Reality…
Suspected sentientist Yuval Noah Harari talks about ~Sentientism without using the word Sentientism 🙂 https://youtu.be/1rtS2OEV6bM
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The Politics of Consciousness | video lecture with Yuval Noah Harari
What is consciousness? Who has consciousness? And why is it so dangerous to confuse it with intelligence? How does our understanding of consciousness impact the ethical, political and legal debates about abortion, animal rights and the legal status of AI?…
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In an effort not to spam you more than I already do 🙂 - I post lots of fascinating #Sentientism-related resources on our sub-reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/Sentientism/ Join the sub-reddit for updates, search for stuff, up/down vote things, add comments and add your own resources!
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Sentientism is "evidence, reason and compassion for all sentient beings".
It's a naturalistic worldview committed to using evidence and reason when working out what to believe. It's also sentiocentric - granting moral consideration to all sentient beings.…
It's a naturalistic worldview committed to using evidence and reason when working out what to believe. It's also sentiocentric - granting moral consideration to all sentient beings.…
Interesting to see Sentientism mentioned as a "type of atheist"! For me, atheism is just one of very many implications of the Sentientism worldview's "evidence, reason and compassion for all sentient beings".
Why not leave a comment and let Drew (maybe the #1 atheist YouTuber & also a vegan) know what you think? https://youtu.be/KKKpN4dDTHo
Why not leave a comment and let Drew (maybe the #1 atheist YouTuber & also a vegan) know what you think? https://youtu.be/KKKpN4dDTHo
YouTube
The 8 Types of Atheists in American Culture
“Atheism isn’t an identity” some say. In American culture, though, I believe it can be. Here I cover 8 kinds of atheists that exist in American culture, describing their unique features as well as their similarities. The types are Ex-Jehovah’s Witness, Ex…
Here's a piece from 2015 that explicitly links the AI question to the animal question - by recent Sentientism podcast guest and US constitutional law scholar Michael Dorf: https://verdict.justia.com/2015/12/30/do-androids-dream-of-animal-rights
Justia
Do Androids Dream of Animal Rights?
Cornell University law professor Michael Dorf explores the relationship between renewed discussions about artificial intelligence (AI) and the rights of non-human animals. Dorf argues that our current...
Prompted by this piece that totally fails to make this link https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2023-03-05/chatgpt-ai-feelings-consciousness-rights
Los Angeles Times
Opinion: Is it time to start considering personhood rights for AI chatbots?
ChatGPT, Bing Chat and other artificial intelligence breakthroughs raise tough questions about what we owe our digital helpers.
"Defending Sentientism" | Pre-print | By #Sentientism podcast guests Heather Browning and Walter Veit
https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/21817/1/Defending%20Sentientism%20Preprint.pdf
https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/21817/1/Defending%20Sentientism%20Preprint.pdf
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
https://projet-meduses.com/notre-charte/
https://sentience.pm/
#Sentience #Sentientism #Sentientisme #ProjetMéduses
"Why should #Humanists care about #animalrights?" Fascinating talk by Corey Wrenn, PhD for the Humanist Association of Ireland CLG. Including thoughts and Q&A about the Irish context including the ongoing influence of #colonialism. https://youtu.be/W6JdOvUBKJ8
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Why should Humanists care about animal rights?
Dr. Corey Wrenn is Lecturer of Sociology with the School of Social Policy, Sociology and Social Research at the University of Kent and co-director of the Centre for the Study of Social and Political Movements.
She was awarded Exemplary Diversity Scholar,…
She was awarded Exemplary Diversity Scholar,…