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What separates Human Beings from the animals?
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[quote:Anonymous Coward 1244531:MV8xMzQxMDc5XzIyMDY0NzI3XzY4REMzQUE0] [quote:Eyeseeall] [quote:Anonymous Coward 1244531] [quote:Eyeseeall] Oh yea, then there is the genetic diversity thing. Each human looks completely different. Face, height, hair color, all of that such. I mean even beyond RACE we all individually look so different. What is with that? Or is that just perspective as well? [/quote] Even though we look different, we're actually (genetically) very similar. In fact, you can find more genetic diversity from a single troop of any hominid species than in all 6.8 billion humans. A mutated jawbone and language + writing has brought us to this point by all scientific measures. [/quote] "troop" as in a family? Or town? [/quote] The more you add to the mix, the more diversity. To make my statement more blunt, 20 random hominids. Or 20 from the same group even. [/quote]
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Consciousness?
Sentience?
advanced cognition?
Morality?
Advanced communication skills?
Physical dexterity?
Highly adaptable?
Or is it the ability to recognizes our obligation to all of life on earth as stewards of it? That separates us from animals. All animals exist for is daily survival, and for them there is no connection to history or the future. Man does recognize these things, and is cursed with it. Not only the realization of our own mortality, but the mortality of the universe itself.
We are the universe witnessing it's own existence, and all possibilities that could arise from it.
Deep shit.
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