#stabilization theory

Anyone heard of Stabilization Theory?

There have been no systematic, scientific surveys of the crossability of mammals belonging to different taxonomic orders (a cross between pig and chimpanzee would be inter-ordinal). Any firm opinion on such a point must therefore, necessarily, be prejudiced.

I find that, since reading McCarthy’s essay, I look at people a bit differently. Put simply: Everyone looks a good bit more piggy than they used to. It’s a disturbing, yet somehow oddly satisfying feeling . Looking at the world through the eyes of the primate-pig origin theory, I feel almost as if the piggish nature of human beings was really obvious to me all along, at the gut level, but just not something I explicitly acknowledged … due to the lack of scientific back-up, which Dr. McCarthy has now graciously provided. Try it for yourself. Read McCarthy’s list of human-pig parallels — then do some people-watching, perhaps in a crowded buffet or bar, or the nosebleed seats in the stadium at a sporting event. Peruse various photos online, of your fellow homo sapiens, particularly when engaged in acts of consumption or states of strong emotion. Yes, there’s a lot of monkey there – no one rational could doubt that — but don’t you see a fair bit of pig as well?