hollyisright

@hollyisright (4)

United States • Age 70

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What do you think really separates humans from animals?

roadki11 @roadki11 (34) • United States 22 Sep 09

Intelligence? Language? Opposable thumbs? Music? Art? There are millions of things that make us different from animals. But what, if anything, do you think qualifies as justification to say we are better than animals?

humans superior animals

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hollyisright you are so right, this us and them thinking is what enables us to separate even our fellow humans into categories . Then we can justify marginalizing those who are culturally or politically different from us . I f we can learn to respect the soul of all living...

24 Sep 09

What do you think really separates humans from animals?

roadki11 @roadki11 (34) • United States 22 Sep 09

Intelligence? Language? Opposable thumbs? Music? Art? There are millions of things that make us different from animals. But what, if anything, do you think qualifies as justification to say we are better than animals?

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hollyisright I have observed closely a wide variety of animals and their interactions with humans and other species tell me that 'instinct is an amorphous word that essentially has little meaning. It is a word we use to separate us from them we say 'they' behave...

24 Sep 09

What do you think really separates humans from animals?

roadki11 @roadki11 (34) • United States 22 Sep 09

Intelligence? Language? Opposable thumbs? Music? Art? There are millions of things that make us different from animals. But what, if anything, do you think qualifies as justification to say we are better than animals?

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hollyisright The only difference I see between us and them is they are typically quadrupeds and we are bipeds. That makes our system of communication and perspective engagement with our environment uniquely ours,but it doesn't make us superior to them . Animals have...

22 Sep 09