An ancient version of a kind of imposed political correctness for logical thought. We find this marvelous in retrospect, especially upon considering many impacts of 2500 years of this same SOMthink on Western culture and societies. As another stake in the heart of Western philosophy's parent logic SOMthink. We know now SOMthink was born of an act of murder and wrath . Stein compares his own quintessential epiphany required as a bridge to quantum thinking.
Many philosophers use animals in their formal logic gedanken parables.
Among our philosophical reading adventures we see squirrels, monkeys, alligators, dogs, donkeys, etc. Your reviewer's own personal need to expound and distinguish among SOM, cultural relativism, and Pirsig's own MoQ or Metaphysics of Quality.