“All thinking things fear. Sentience, perhaps, is facing that fear and conquering it rather than succumbing. A tiger will drown in a… — C.E. Murphy Copy Share Image
“Poor Old Ones! Scientists to the last -- what had they done that we would not have done in their place? God,… — H.P. Lovecraft Copy Share Image
“What are the units of ontology really that I should be a part of a whole, but not be, in all my… — Ashim Shanker Copy Share Image
“To deny the reality of a mind because it was born of silicon instead of flesh is to repeat the oldest injustice:… — James S. Coates Copy Share Image
“The will is conceived as a faculty of determining oneself to action in accordance with the conception of certain laws. And such… — Immanuel Kant Copy Share Image
“Along with people in other creative professions, such as artists and musicians, many scientists experience this transcendence. I do so every day.… — Frans de Waal Copy Share Image
“There are some animal advocates who say that to maintain that veganism is the moral baseline is objectionable because it is “judgmental,”… — GaryLFrancione Copy Share Image
“There comes a time when everyone should seriously empathise. Wikipedia defines empathy as “the capacity to recognise feelings that are being experienced… — Mango Wodzak Copy Share Image
“Intelligence is not limited to neural networks, Merrill. Indeed, half of human intelligence resides in our bodies outside our skulls…The genius of… — David Marusek Copy Share Image
“Animals are property. There are laws that supposedly protect animal interests in being treated “humanely,” but that term is interpreted in large… — Gary L. Francione Copy Share Image
“There are countless ingredients that make up the human body and mind, like all the components that make up me as an… — Mamoru Oshii Copy Share Image
“An abolitionist is, as I have developed that notion, one who (1) maintains that we cannot justify animal use, however “humane” it… — GaryLFrancione Copy Share Image
“I understand the mechanism of my own thinking. I know precisely how I know, and my understanding is recursive. I understand the… — Ted Chiang Copy Share Image
“The rights paradigm, which, as I interpret it, morally requires the abolition of animal exploitation and requires veganism as a matter of… — GaryLFrancione Copy Share Image
“We should always be clear that animal exploitation is wrong because it involves speciesism. And speciesism is wrong because, like racism, sexism,… — GaryLFrancione Copy Share Image
“When General Genius built the first mentar [Artificial Intelligence] mind in the last half of the twenty-first century, it based its design… — David Marusek Copy Share Image
“I am opposed to animal welfare campaigns for two reasons. First, if animal use cannot be morally justified, then we ought to… — GaryLFrancione Copy Share Image
“If we take the position that an assessment that veganism is morally preferable to vegetarianism is not possible because we are all… — GaryLFrancione Copy Share Image
“Whether we are ready or not, the age of intelligent coexistence is no longer coming. It is already here.” — James S. Coates Copy Share Image
“All breathing, existing, living, sentient creatures should not be slain, nor treated with violence, nor abused, nor tormented, nor driven away.” — Mahavira Copy Share Image
“Consciousness is the chronic pain of life, and all higher organisms suffer it every waking moment.” — David Marusek Copy Share Image
“If we are ever going to see a paradigm shift, we have to be clear about how we want the present paradigm… — GaryLFrancione Copy Share Image
“I reject animal welfare reform and single-issue campaigns because they are not only inconsistent with the claims of justice that we should… — Gary L. Francione Copy Share Image
