The Superior Human? is the first documentary to systematically challenge the common human belief that humans are superior to other life forms. The documentary reveals the absurdity of this belief while exploding human bias. Featuring Dr Bernard Rollin, Gary Yourofsky Dr Richard Ryder, Dr Steven Best. Narrated by Dr Nick Gylaw. The entire film is linked at “The Superior Human” website.
Now Online! Debut of New Anti-Speciesist Film, “The Superior Human?”
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[…] documentary called “The Superior Animal?” that is well worth watching. You can view it here. I and many others have written about the myth of human exceptionalism, noting that while we are […]
great documentary – and if I always wanted to be a believer, this has turned me into a true believer. thank you for posting this.
I know what im watching tonight,tx 🙂
Powerful and incredibly important. Just perhaps it will help us really learn, and really care. One can just hope, but it may be unwise to bet on the outcome. Let’s hope and care…now.
A sincere THANK YOU for sharing this film…may never have found it without you. Will be sharing this on youtube and watching it and concentrating later on today. Wow, my kind of film, thanks.
Very rational and sane!
I’m glad to meet in this film thinkers who question authority, culture, tradition, lies, illusions.
How interesting that earlier today I found this article by British naturalist Desmond Morris on whether elephants really create art when they paint: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1151283/Can-jumbo-elephants-really-paint–Intrigued-stories-naturalist-Desmond-Morris-set-truth.html#ixzz1nSpQyWkK.
After reading that piece, one could say that humans have the “superior” skill of deception and trickery — especially when $$$$ is at stake! Perhaps that is animals’ best attribute: they assign no value to money.
I would like to ask you for permission to use your videos on my course.
I am running an Online Certificate in Animal Ethics
(http://www.cambridge-elearning.com/animal_ethics.html)
and I would like to use your videos as part of the course materials.
Of course you would have all the references pointing to this site.
Sure, it would be an honor; there are some on this blog of course and in case you don’t have my You Tube channel handy, it is: http://www.youtube.com/user/drstevebest?feature=watch
Let me know which ones you choose, thanks!
Where can I get this on dvd?
I will ask.
Excellent video! But said over and over again… We are not the rational species but the rationalizing one. We are superior at faking reality.
This is an awesome movie. It makes u think, everyone should have to view this film. Thank you for making it available. Maybe more people will get off their high horse and relize the importants of animals and their ” Superior” placement in this world. I think they have it right.
I would appreciate that very much!
Thanks so much for having produced this necessary film.
I’d like permission to use it in my classes.
–John Simecek
You can write the producer on his website, but since he is fine with the CD on my site here, I dount there will be any problem.
The film may be freely shown as much as you like and we encourage you to do so.
The only restrictions are the obvious ones – making copies of the film, repackaging, reselling, etc.
We would be happy to hear about which school and classes you will incorporate the film into. You can send this information to info@ultraventus.info if you are happy to let us know.
Wonderful.
I find it fascinating that the discipline of economics has had so much use for utilitarianism, but we have conveniently overlooked its radical implications for our relationships with the rest of nature. For me, the most salient lesson of this film is the obvious need to minimize suffering – not just in humans, but in all creatures. It is highly appropriate for the film to conclude with a condemnation of the self-serving religious dogmas that cause us to focus solely on human suffering.
Any word?
Please contact the writer/director for info:
Samuel McAnallen
Writer/Director – The Superior Human?
sam.m@ultraventus.info
+61 426838123
Steve could u be so kind and tell me where i can find the Article about organic farming as a revolution u once posted, i been looking for it all over and can not find it
Hello Steve, I saw you (and very shortly spoke you) at the IARC 2012 in Luxembourg last weekend. Your session was very interesting and I enjoyed your way of telling us your message very much.
I was the one in the wheelchair who bought the ‘Introduction to Animal Rights’ by Francione (and some other books a day earlier in the same category). I would like to thank you for sharing the videos with a.o. Anabela Pinto – she is my teacher in various topics (Animal Welfare, Animal Ethics, and Animal Behaviour) .
i cry everytime i see and hear how the elephants cows chickens and more are being abused –the project of nim broke my heart and Dr. Delgato how he used the chimps for mind control with the electric magnetic tool—how the chimps were strapped to a electric head gear and different signals were put upon them –how torturous could they be—these animals have feelings and pain and yet so helpless—i cried and cried and felt so helpless,,yet it goes on behind closed doors–and what for—it is all ego—it does not help the human.—too cruel and what is even sadder–they think nothing of it?