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Evolution is gradual, there are no big species jumps.
What was there between sapiens and erectus, X? What was between sapiens and X, and X and erectus, Y and Z?
What was then between sapiens and Y, Y and X, X and Z, Z and erectus?
This can go on forever, evolution is by nature gradual, lets say it in your terms, a regression is more suitable than classification.
What point in this finely continous line do we pick for discrimination? Speciesism discovered!
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Evolution is gradual, there are no big species jumps.
What was there between sapiens and erectus, X? What was between sapiens and X, and X and erectus, Y and Z?
What was then between sapiens and Y, Y and X, X and Z, Z and erectus?
This can go on forever, evolution is by nature gradual, lets say it in your terms, a regression is more suitable than classification.
What point in this finely continous line do we pick for discrimination? Speciesism discovered!