Comment on You are in this solar system, but we do not grant you the rank of planet
GregorGizeh@lemmy.zip 6 months agoDo people also view kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, species as “ranks” of some sort, with some intrinsically greater value being given to some over others?
Well, for humans we most certainly do
Carrolade@lemmy.world 6 months ago
So, “homo” is better than “sapiens”? And “animal” is better than homo sapiens?
Or do I have it backwards, and “lower” ranks are better? So, “pinus ponderosa” would be better than “plant”?
GregorGizeh@lemmy.zip 6 months ago
I was just alluding to our racism 👀
psud@aussie.zone 6 months ago
Our racism is completely unrelated to our classification. We are racist between homo sapiens and homo sapiens