{"id":1531858,"date":"2022-06-28T23:35:14","date_gmt":"2022-06-29T03:35:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1531858"},"modified":"2022-06-28T23:35:28","modified_gmt":"2022-06-29T03:35:28","slug":"the-professor-and-inventor-who-identifies-as-a-cheetah-named-spottacus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-professor-and-inventor-who-identifies-as-a-cheetah-named-spottacus\/","title":{"rendered":"The Professor And Inventor Who Identifies As A Cheetah Named \u2018Spottacus\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fthe-professor-and-inventor-who-identifies-as-a-cheetah-named-spottacus%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1531858&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>If a male can identify as a female and a white woman can <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/nbcblk\/rachel-dolezal-why-she-can-t-just-be-white-ally-n738911\">identify as a black woman<\/a>, why can\u2019t a human being identify as a cheetah? In today\u2019s world, the answer is: Why not? More power to you!<\/p>\n<p>Though shocking, I am actually describing a well-known, well-documented phenomenon. In this instance I\u2019m speaking of a highly accomplished, specific individual.<\/p>\n<p>As the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcmag.com\/news\/your-smartwatchs-heart-rate-monitor-was-developed-by-a-furry\">headline<\/a> on the PCMag website announced, \u201cYour Smartwatch\u2019s Heart Rate Monitor Was Developed by a Furry.\u201d Yes, \u201cDr. David Benaron is an inventor whose team at Stanford laid the groundwork for the optical heart rate monitor. He\u2019s also a cheetah named Spottacus.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Before continuing about humans identifying as animals (called furries or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vice.com\/en\/article\/mvxgwa\/from-dragons-to-foxes-the-otherkin-community-believes-you-can-be-whatever-you-want-to-be\">otherkin<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/gender.fandom.com\/wiki\/Therians\">therian<\/a>), consider that Dr. Benaron is obviously a brilliant man. He\u2019s \u201ca biochemist, inventor, and entrepreneur. He studied at Harvard and MIT, taught at Stanford, and has founded and served in the C-suites of multiple biotech companies. He developed the sensor that enables heart rate monitoring on wearables like smartwatches, and has made advances in the field of optical blood-oxygen monitoring as well.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>And Dr. Benaron lives among us as a normal human being. Put another way, you will not find him trying to chase down a gazelle in the Serengeti. And, without having researched this carefully, I feel reasonably sure that Dr. Benaron does not run after dogs in his neighborhood and, if the catch is successful, proceeds to devour them raw.<\/p>\n<p>So, he is hardly some raving lunatic, foaming at the mouth and growling.<\/p>\n<p>Instead, he\u2019s the genius who invented one of the key components that many people now use every day, helping us monitor our heart health.<\/p>\n<p>At the same time, he \u201cassumed the name Spottacus in the 90s, joining the then-fledgling furry community. At his friends\u2019 suggestion, he attended his first furry convention, Further Confusion, in the early aughts. He has since been active in furry communities. He chose the name \u2018Spottacus\u2019 as a play on the name \u2018Spartacus\u2019 said in a Brooklyn accent, and because he tends to favor spotted cats.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Is this all new to you? Well, you\u2019re in for some more surprises.<\/p>\n<p>While doing research for my 2015 book \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/smile.amazon.com\/Outlasting-Gay-Revolution-Homosexual-Activism\/dp\/1938067665\/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3HGO6PYRBDC9E&#038;keywords=outlasting+the+gay+revolution&#038;qid=1656051411&#038;sprefix=outlasting+the+gay%2Caps%2C155&#038;sr=8-1\">Outlasting the Gay Revolution<\/a>,\u201d I learned that this psychological condition is called \u201cspecies dysphoria.\u201d (Obviously, this is akin to gender dysphoria, except here, the person does not feel trapped in the wrong body in terms of gender but feels as if they are part \u2013 or all \u2013 animal trapped in a human body.)<\/p>\n<p>Just how many people identify as \u201cfurries\u201d? According to their own <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2018\/11\/14\/us\/furries-culture\/index.html#:~:text=The%20future%20of%20furries&#038;text=Plante%20estimates%20the%20fandom%20is,an%20unusual%20hobby%20to%20have\">claims<\/a>, there are hundreds of thousands.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>They find themselves identifying as animals during childhood (did you ever do that?), becoming more convinced of their animal identity as they get older. They dress up <a href=\"https:\/\/www.anthrocon.org\/convention-guides\">like animals<\/a> and go to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ZAp7WKrYIuE\">furry conventions<\/a>. Some legally change their names to fit their animal identity.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In fact, back in 2013, Logo TV, a gay TV channel, began airing a series called, \u201cWhat? I Think I\u2019m An Animal?\u201d As the blurb explained, \u201cI Think I\u2019m An Animal reveals the truth behind the Otherkin movement\u2019s furry costumes and explores what it\u2019s like to inhabit an animal identity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>One young man explained in the documentary, \u201cBasically, other than the fact that I have a human body and human flesh, I am a wolf.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He said that, for him, this was spiritual, psychological, and behavioral, and that going through school was a living hell since others didn\u2019t recognize his real identity. He also claimed that he was personally aware of communities numbering in the hundreds of thousands who also identified as animals, including domestic cats, flies, and even insects.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>For them this was anything but make believe.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s why, rather than mock them, my heart truly goes out to them.<\/p>\n<p>At the same time, reality says, \u201cStop!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As I have said before, if perception is substituted for reality, there is no end to the social madness that follows.<\/p>\n<p>You do not just have a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=2yGVtmbHn9c\">man<\/a>\u00a0being named Woman of the Year.You do not just have a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=LY9C4iDmXU4\">white woman<\/a>\u00a0who identifies as black.You have a\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mrctv.org\/blog\/52-year-old-father-lives-6-year-old-girl\">father<\/a>\u00a0of 7 who identifies as a 6-year-old girl.You have a\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/Health\/pittsburgh-man-thinks-dog-boomer\/story?id=20801512\">man<\/a>\u00a0who identifies as a dog named \u201cBoomer.\u201dYou have a\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/news\/newstopics\/howaboutthat\/12127067\/woman-says-she-is-a-cat-trapped-in-the-wrong-body.html\">young lady<\/a>\u00a0who believes she is a cat trapped in a woman\u2019s body.You have a\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-3275576\/Who-s-pretty-boy-Parrot-obsessed-man-56-EARS-cut-look-like-pets-wants-turn-nose-beak.html\">man<\/a>\u00a0who has his ears removed because he identifies as a parrot.And you have a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/femail\/article-3524063\/Transgender-woman-Eva-Tiamat-Medusa-ears-nose-removed-dragon-lady.html\">man\u00a0<\/a>who changed his identity to female but who has now had \u201cher ears and nose removed to transform into a \u2018dragon lady\u2019 with scales, a forked tongue and a horned skull.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But why not? More power to him\/her\/it! If that\u2019s what he\/she\/it perceives himself\/herself\/itself to be, why not? So why can\u2019t Dr. Benaron identify as a cheetah named Spottacus?<\/p>\n<p>Well, I have an answer for that: It\u2019s because of reality. It\u2019s because, with all due respect to the many contributions made to society by the good doctor, he is not, in fact, part cheetah. Not even a little.<\/p>\n<p>He explained to PCMag,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If a male can identify as a female and a white woman can identify as a black woman, why can\u2019t a human being identify as a cheetah? In today\u2019s world, the answer is: Why not? More power to you! Though shocking, I am actually describing a well-known, well-documented phenomenon. 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