It's encouraging to see mainstream social justice organisations taking on non-human animal causes... Maybe it's one easy step to go from referring to farming octopuses as "torture" to doing the same for all farming of sentient beings? https://secure.avaaz.org/campaign/en/ban_octopus_farming_22_sl/
Avaaz
Octopus massacre
They're building the world’s first octopus farm. Here's how we can stop them:
Should #EffectiveAltruism Take #Abolitionism More Seriously? Dhruv Makwana joins me for Ep: 150 of the Sentientism podcast & YouTube. Let me know what you think!
https://spotifyanchor-web.app.link/e/Njb1YvAopyb
https://youtu.be/PsUPUJIHVvg
https://spotifyanchor-web.app.link/e/Njb1YvAopyb
https://youtu.be/PsUPUJIHVvg
Spotify for Podcasters
150: Should Effective Altruism Take Abolitionism More Seriously? - Dhruv Makwana by Sentientism
Dhruv is a PhD student at the Department of Computer Science and Technology, University of Cambridge. He has interests in psychology, philosophy and animal advocacy.
In Sentientist Conversations we talk about the two most important questions: “what’s real?”…
In Sentientist Conversations we talk about the two most important questions: “what’s real?”…
"Of Fish and Robots"
Frustrated by much of the discourse around AI sentience? Read this by Sentientist Peter Lewis 🤩
https://www.petelewis.com/post/of-fish-and-robots/
Frustrated by much of the discourse around AI sentience? Read this by Sentientist Peter Lewis 🤩
https://www.petelewis.com/post/of-fish-and-robots/
Pete Lewis
Of Fish and Robots | Pete Lewis
It is a sad trait of the human race that we tend to categorise others in order to justify what we can do to them.
Our newest "Suspected Celebrity Sentientist" is physicist Max Tegmark! https://sentientism.info/who-are-sentientists/suspected-sentientists Thanks to whoever nominated him via our webform!
Sentientism
Celebrity Suspected Sentientists - Sentientism
People we think are Sentientist (committed to evidence reason and compassion for all sentient beings) but havent explicitly stated their Sentientism
Looking forward to speaking at this later today - and diving into some interesting discussions too. Come along if you're in range of London! https://www.meetup.com/central-london-humanists/events/291188125/
Meetup
Is Sentientism the Future of Humanism? with Jamie Woodhouse, Thu, Apr 20, 2023, 6:30 PM | Meetup
To coincide with World Earth Day, Central London Humanists welcomes **[Jamie Woodhouse](www.jamiewoodhouse.com)** to put forward the case for **[Sentientism](https://sentie
"I went vegan finally when I fell in love with one" Filmmaker & writer (and long-time Sentientism group member 🤩!) Jay Shapiro joins me for Sentientism Episode 151. Full episode at https://youtu.be/fCe9XSVNPmM and on the Sentientism podcast feed as ever. Hope you enjoy as much as I did! Let us know what you think.
YouTube
"I went vegan finally when I fell in love with one" - filmmaker & writer Jay Shapiro - Ep: 151
Jay (https://sentientism.info/sentientist-pledge/jay-shapiro & @JayShapiroDilemmaHost) is an award winning film-maker, writer, & podcaster. He directed the film Islam & the Future of Tolerance, based around a post 9/11 conversation between Sam Harris @samharrisorg…
Love people who aren't me writing about Sentientism 🙂 https://benthams.substack.com/p/some-arguments-for-sentientism
Bentham's Newsletter
Some Arguments For Sentientism
One matters if and only if they're conscious
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Imagine how much better the world could be if the #YouTube algorithm guided people to thoughtful conversations about "evidence, reason & compassion for all sentient beings".
You're helping make it happen (slowly 🙂). We've hit 1,500 subs. Thank you! 💚
https://www.youtube.com/c/Sentientism
You're helping make it happen (slowly 🙂). We've hit 1,500 subs. Thank you! 💚
https://www.youtube.com/c/Sentientism
Q: What should veganism 🌱 & sentient advocacy have to do with disinformation, misinformation and un-founded conspiracism?
A: Nothing. Except countering them.
Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/152-conspiracism-misinformation-disinformation-in-the/id1540408008?i=1000610419545
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/0QLzKbbtG72oV2kvHVP1L3?si=633957f506994f21
A: Nothing. Except countering them.
Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/152-conspiracism-misinformation-disinformation-in-the/id1540408008?i=1000610419545
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/0QLzKbbtG72oV2kvHVP1L3?si=633957f506994f21
Apple Podcasts
Sentientism: 152: Conspiracism, misinformation & disinformation in the vegan movement - with Nick Pendergrast & Adam Cardilini…
Show Sentientism, Ep 152: Conspiracism, misinformation & disinformation in the vegan movement - with Nick Pendergrast & Adam Cardilini - Cross-post bonus episode from 3CR's Freedom of Species - Apr 24, 2023
Should we eat meat? https://youtu.be/wIVx9l3rCyc
YouTube
#7 Is veganism a moral obligation? | A dialogue with Jamie Woodhouse
Political polarization is one of the big problems of our time. That's why I started a series of dialogues where I have friendly disagreements over controversial topics with a variety of guests. This project is guided by three core principles: scout mindset…
Hope you enjoy: "Just dive in and meet people where they're at" Ashley Byrne, Director of Outreach for PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) joins me for Sentientism episode 153 on YouTube and Podcast. https://youtu.be/doZs2w6OVNI
YouTube
"Just dive in and meet people where they're at" - Ashley Byrne @peta Outreach Director - Ep: 153
Ashley (https://sentientism.info/sentientist-pledge/ashley-byrne) is Director of Outreach for @peta (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals). She has led a broad range of PETAs campaigns and has been interviewed about her work to promote animal rights…
Building on a Sentientist platform - "Neo-Mohism" by Alex Hedtke: https://open.substack.com/pub/becomingstronger/p/neo-mohism?r=7fiho&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web
Becoming Stronger
Neo-Mohism
Alex's life philosophy, inspired by the Chinese philosophy of 'Mohism'
"Sentience and Intrinsic Worth as a Pluralist Foundation for Fundamental Animal Rights."
#Sentience as a scientifically grounded moral foundation & pluralism 💚
Fascinating talk (for @CCARL_charity) & paper by Jane Kotzmann.
https://academic.oup.com/.../10.1093/ojls/gqad003/7046153
https://youtu.be/kRTPTlq2l_Q
#Sentience as a scientifically grounded moral foundation & pluralism 💚
Fascinating talk (for @CCARL_charity) & paper by Jane Kotzmann.
https://academic.oup.com/.../10.1093/ojls/gqad003/7046153
https://youtu.be/kRTPTlq2l_Q
YouTube
Jane Kotzmann: Sentience and Intrinsic Worth as a Pluralist Foundation for Fundamental Animal Rights
The Cambridge Centre for Animal Rights Law is an academic centre dedicated to the study, understanding and promotion of fundamental rights for non-human animals, based in Cambridge, UK. Find more information at https://animalrightslaw.org/
40,000 plays for our little #Sentientism podcast. Thanks for every listen, review, rating and share! 🥰 https://twitter.com/sentientism/status/1656736005464916001?s=20
Twitter
40,000 plays for our little #Sentientism podcast.
Thanks for every listen, review, rating and share! 🥰
Particular thanks to all my wonderful guests 💚
Thanks for every listen, review, rating and share! 🥰
Particular thanks to all my wonderful guests 💚
https://freethinker.co.uk/2023/05/sentientism-interview-with-jamie-woodhouse/ - let me know what you think!
The Freethinker
Can sentientism save the world? Interview with Jamie Woodhouse - The Freethinker
'There is no intrinsic value in any particular species. What matters is the existence, experience and will to live of the individual sentient beings.'
It's great that #Sentience and its implications are edging into the public consciousness - but this is a hard listen... we have so far still to go... Fortunately Heather Browning (my guest on Sentientism episode 54 and Sentientism FB group member!) brings some hope & philosophical clarity. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/w3ct4v6n
BBC
The Food Chain - Should we farm octopus? - BBC Sounds
We examine plans to open the world’s first octopus farm.
"Dogs and pigs have meaningful lives!"
Michael Hauskeller, head of Philosophy at Liverpool University, joins me for Sentientism Episode 155 on podcast and YouTube. I hope you enjoy - let me know!
https://spotifyanchor-web.app.link/e/sRUnYUKySzb
https://youtu.be/33taJ2WuaUs
Michael Hauskeller, head of Philosophy at Liverpool University, joins me for Sentientism Episode 155 on podcast and YouTube. I hope you enjoy - let me know!
https://spotifyanchor-web.app.link/e/sRUnYUKySzb
https://youtu.be/33taJ2WuaUs
Spotify for Podcasters
155: Dogs and pigs have meaningful lives! - Philosopher Michael Hauskeller - Sentientism by Sentientism
Michael is head of philosophy at the University of Liverpool. His current work spans transhumanism, death & meaning. He has written a vast range of topics, including on whether non-human animals can have meaningful lives & "What It Is Like to Be a Bot". He…
An expert view on #PlantSentience by Jonathan Birch, head of the The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) ASENT (Foundations of Animal Sentience) project: https://www.wellbeingintlstudiesrepository.org/animsent/vol8/iss33/20/
WBI Studies Repository
Disentangling sentience from developmental plasticity
Plants, like animals, display remarkable developmental plasticity, inviting the metaphorical use of terms like “decision” and “choice”. In the animal case, this is not taken to be evidence of sentience, because sentience is a complex product of development…
"So for evolutionary reasons it would be logical for the baseline experience of animals to be at least slightly positive. It is plausible that just being alive, perceiving, exploring, and experiencing the world, could itself bring happiness to animals." https://theconversation.com/what-is-life-like-as-a-wild-animal-probably-nicer-than-you-think-205322 A more hopeful perspective on the lives of free-ranging sentient beings... by two previous #Sentientism guests Heather Browning and Walter Veit 🤩
The Conversation
What is life like as a wild animal? Probably nicer than you think
For animals to find the motivation to forage and mate, life must be at least slightly positive.
"Limits of Sentience" and "Boundaries of Consideration".
Write ups of two Whitehead Lecture talks at Harvard by Peter Godfrey-Smith. https://metazoan.net/108-whitehead-lectures/
Write ups of two Whitehead Lecture talks at Harvard by Peter Godfrey-Smith. https://metazoan.net/108-whitehead-lectures/