Abstract:Confusion between the means and ends, specifically between technological achievements and their users, has been evident in taxonomy’s history since the end of the last century. Following a current of thought implicit in Anglo-Saxon culture, this trend aligns with the idea of inevitability. It is inevitable, so it is thought, that what a human organism can do, a machine will be able to do at some point in time. This will ultimately lead to dispensing with the human element for things they do not wish to do them… Show more
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