Not that I'm against a cool word (schyooman? blorbo? zangle! sorry). Fucking LOVE a cool new word. But "people" seems like it could maybe function also just saying?
Also problematic because it implies anything that doesn't have those things aren't human. Not all humans do have a broad range of emotions and interests. Or empathy, etc etc
Anthropocentrism! Sorry, I was trying to think of the word the whole time. We do it with intelligence as well. The animals we consider the most intelligent are the ones we can make do things for us, or that learn our languages. Selfish, but also, how do we know some animals don't just ignore intelligence tests because they're boring, or because it's bizarre to them. We don't. And why wouldn't they? If someone took me from my friends and put me in a room alone with some food or the exit behind a bunch of puzzles, I'd reckon they were going to murder me.
We're pretty historically terrible at learning and respecting even intercultural differences. So yeah...I can imagine on worlds where there are several dominant species, the humans aren't falling all over themselves to be respectful and curious.
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schyooman? blorbo? zangle!sorry). Fucking LOVE a cool new word. But "people" seems like it could maybe function also just saying?Also problematic because it implies anything that doesn't have those things aren't human. Not all humans do have a broad range of emotions and interests. Or empathy, etc etc
Anthropocentrism! Sorry, I was trying to think of the word the whole time. We do it with intelligence as well. The animals we consider the most intelligent are the ones we can make do things for us, or that learn our languages. Selfish, but also, how do we know some animals don't just ignore intelligence tests because they're boring, or because it's bizarre to them. We don't. And why wouldn't they? If someone took me from my friends and put me in a room alone with some food or the exit behind a bunch of puzzles, I'd reckon they were going to murder me.
We're pretty historically terrible at learning and respecting even intercultural differences. So yeah...I can imagine on worlds where there are several dominant species, the humans aren't falling all over themselves to be respectful and curious.