Full Idea
Human exceptionalism has repeatedly plagued biology, and has darkened the history of human thought everywhere.
Gist of Idea
Human exceptionalism plagues biology, and most other human thinking
Source
Anil Seth (Being You [2021], I.2)
Book Reference
Seth,Anil: 'Being You: new science of consciousness' [Faber 2022], p.46
A Reaction
I increasingly agree with this, as much in philosophy as in biology. We really need to get used to our place in evolution.