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The Dawn of Animal Uplift
•�April 11, 2019
•�500 Words •�77 Comments
All the cool biopunk stuff seems to be happening in China these days: Chinese scientists have put human brain genes in monkeys—and yes, they may be smarter Here is the paper in question: Shi, Lei, Xin Luo, Jin Jiang, Yongchang Chen, Cirong Liu, Ting Hu, Min Li, et al. 2019. “Transgenic Rhesus Monkeys Carrying the... Read More
The Cognitive Chain of Being: A New Approach to Animal Rights
Quantifying An Ethics of Animal Rights, or: Why I Avoid Pork For Non-Islamic, Non-Jewish Reasons
•�February 28, 2019
•�5,400 Words •�266 Comments
Most normal, civilized people living today would agree that reducing animal suffering is a worthy goal. But how do we to go about it? We can at least all agree, at a minimum, that plants don't have sentience, so veganism is one philosophically and logically consistent option. The problem is that while there are some... Read More
Chick Pride Worldwide
•�February 18, 2017
•�200 Words •�10 Comments
Cold Winters Theory applies to birds: Links to the relevant papers in Emil Kirkegaard's post. As Lazy Glossophiliac points out, yet another bullseye for folk stereotypes: "Fascinating that Corvidae would be the smartest birds because stereotypically it's ravens. Well, and owls." Someone should do a meta-study of IQ or r/K-selection differences across the animal kingdom... Read More
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Anatoly Karlin
About Anatoly Karlin

I am a blogger, thinker, and businessman in the SF Bay Area. I’m originally from Russia, spent many years in Britain, and studied at U.C. Berkeley.

One of my tenets is that ideologies tend to suck. As such, I hesitate about attaching labels to myself. That said, if it’s really necessary, I suppose “liberal-conservative neoreactionary” would be close enough.

Though I consider myself part of the Orthodox Church, my philosophy and spiritual views are more influenced by digital physics, Gnosticism, and Russian cosmism than anything specifically Judeo-Christian.