I have written for ages, but I must share this with you. There's a fantastic site where prominent intellectuals in Science are asked what they think the most dangerous idea is, assuming it were true.
Irene Pepperberg, Research Associate, Psychology, Harvard University, studies parrots and has found them to be supremely intelligent, comparible to chimps.
Her dangerous idea is 'The differences between humans and nonhumans are quantitative, not qualitative'.
Why is it dangerous? Because we'll have to start taking animals seriously which will mean rethinking the way we use them for animal experimentation, food production and other forms of exploitation. Even how we destroy and pollute the habitats in which they live.
She's great and has some really fascinating research.
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