My students' term papers have titles like
"The entire evolutionary history of birds precludes the possibility of viviparity"
and
"Human-nature dualism and anthropocentrism justified colonization. Now, their legacy hinders our science and understanding of birds."
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"The entire evolutionary history of birds precludes the possibility of viviparity"
and
"Human-nature dualism and anthropocentrism justified colonization. Now, their legacy hinders our science and understanding of birds."
😍
Comments
One student (S.K.) wrote a rock-solid argument that the best prevention strategy for HPAI is wetland habitat management.
Even setting aside critiques of the *methods* of western science, one very real consequence of global imperialism is that it kills birds - making it impossible to have anything to study in the first place
Yet another (T.B.) argued that many traits viewed as evolutionary "causes" of flightlessness, like long legs and big bodies, are much better seen as "consequences"
The conceptually quality of these papers suggests this is a good strategy!