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    3 months ago

    Structure/meme format: like with the “dominoes”, one seemingly small thing can lead to much bigger things happening

    Context: the 1970 book “The Wolf: Ecology and Behavior of an Endangered Species” popularized the hypothesis of the alpha, beta, and omega wolf, which has birthed all sorts of toxic and stupid bullshit that has harmed many humans, pets (especially dogs), and other animals.

    The author, David Mech, has since tried to get the publisher to stop selling his erroneous book and basically dedicated most of his career to educating people on how wrong his most influential work was.