sapiocentrism

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Yet people tend to centre their world view around what is visible and human. In Thinking Small and Large, science writer Peter Forbes tackles this paradox with clarity, arguing that our “sapiocentrism” could prevent us from grasping the foundational importance of microorganisms.

Mighty microbes — the invisible forces that can save the world Raquel S. Peixoto 2025
Sapiocentrism, he notes, is “a species-level equivalent of a baby’s assumption that the whole world is all about them”.

Mighty microbes — the invisible forces that can save the world Raquel S. Peixoto 2025