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Econoclast  ·  4329 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Scientists Say Dolphins Are People

Interesting idea. The classical literary statement of the personhood of other creatures is the little-read Part IV of Swift's Gulliver's Travels, titled "A Voyage to the Country of the Houyhnhnms" Anyone who has had close contact with "Houyhnhnms" will understand that they are not just equal to, but superior to people in many ways. I'm sure the same may be true of dolphins