Re:The Myth of the Alpha Wolf
by telchior on Saturday March 25, 2023 @03:39PM
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I'm really not being facetious here -- you may be helped along by one of the definitions of "myth".
> A popular belief or story that has become associated with a person, institution, or occurrence
The institution here is wolf packs; the popular belief or story is, well, exactly that. A story, which sprung out of a research study that the actual researcher has admitted was fallacious.
The popular belief is also fairly odd; it has nothing to do with wolves, but rather, with the need for humans (specifically men) to sort themselves into imaginary groups. Nobody besides scientists and naturalists ever really cared about wolf packs.
> A popular belief or story that has become associated with a person, institution, or occurrence
The institution here is wolf packs; the popular belief or story is, well, exactly that. A story, which sprung out of a research study that the actual researcher has admitted was fallacious.
The popular belief is also fairly odd; it has nothing to do with wolves, but rather, with the need for humans (specifically men) to sort themselves into imaginary groups. Nobody besides scientists and naturalists ever really cared about wolf packs.