Levi on elimination

I CAN SIGN OFF ON THIS POST by Levi as well. (Though he’s actually a bit closer to Latour’s position than I am. I’m a little bit more of an old-fashioned metaphysical realist, though the difference is admittedly subtle.)

But of all the objections to OOO so far, the one I am least able to grasp is this: “if you’re saying that humans aren’t the center of ontology, then you must be saying humans are worthless.” According to this view, humans must be God or nothingness, with no options in between.

I don’t get that. Did Copernicus demonstrate the “worthlessness” of our planet by putting it in motion? Did Darwin really demonstrate that we are a “worthless” species?