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Homo Just Became Less Special
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We're not special. We just had a head start.
Poe's Law: "Without a winking smiley or other blatant display of humor, it is impossible to create a parody of Fundamentalism that SOMEONE won't mistake for the real thing."
10 Christ-like figures that predate Jesus. Link shortened to Chris ate Jesus for some reason... http://listverse.com/2009/04/13/10-chris...ate-jesus/ Good video to watch, if you want to know how common the Jesus story really is. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88GTUXvp-50 A list of biblical contradictions from the infallible word of Yahweh. http://infidels.org/library/modern/jim_m...tions.html   RE: Homo Just Became Less Special
October 22, 2015 at 5:38 pm
(This post was last modified: October 22, 2015 at 5:47 pm by Alex K.)
(October 22, 2015 at 3:57 pm)abaris Wrote: If you think about it, we're not even the only species to use tools now. Chimps use them and even crows are known to use them on occasion. Usage, yes - but if you count bending wires as tool making, they even do that!
The fool hath said in his heart, There is a God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.
Psalm 14, KJV revised edition
 (October 22, 2015 at 5:38 pm)Alex K Wrote: Usafe, yes - but if you count bending wires as tool making, they even do that! If you're talking about crows and other birds, they're even able to figure out mechanisms, as recent experiments show. ![[Image: Bumper+Sticker+-+Asheville+-+Praise+Dog3.JPG]](https://images.weserv.nl/?url=1.bp.blogspot.com%2F-d-3rfdI7nG0%2FTerwtFyFXoI%2FAAAAAAAACak%2F7kFSmHeVrng%2Fs320%2FBumper%2BSticker%2B-%2BAsheville%2B-%2BPraise%2BDog3.JPG)
RE: Homo Just Became Less Special
October 22, 2015 at 5:42 pm
(This post was last modified: October 22, 2015 at 5:42 pm by Alex K.)
(October 22, 2015 at 4:18 pm)Chuck Wrote:Robert Shrock of the YITP was my masters thesis advisor, why, you know people there?(October 22, 2015 at 2:18 pm)Alex K Wrote: Oh I love this! And from my alma mater no less!
The fool hath said in his heart, There is a God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.
Psalm 14, KJV revised edition
(October 22, 2015 at 4:20 pm)Chuck Wrote:(October 22, 2015 at 4:18 pm)Chad32 Wrote: We're not special. We just had a head start. It's just foreshadowing before the chimps take over, and hypocritically claim that they're better because they think ape doesn't kill ape.
Poe's Law: "Without a winking smiley or other blatant display of humor, it is impossible to create a parody of Fundamentalism that SOMEONE won't mistake for the real thing."
10 Christ-like figures that predate Jesus. Link shortened to Chris ate Jesus for some reason... http://listverse.com/2009/04/13/10-chris...ate-jesus/ Good video to watch, if you want to know how common the Jesus story really is. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88GTUXvp-50 A list of biblical contradictions from the infallible word of Yahweh. http://infidels.org/library/modern/jim_m...tions.html 
When the chimps surpass us and enter politics, I do hope they actually try to help the people rather than slinging shit at each other! Then again, it could just be the ape in us all...
No God, No fear.
Know God, Know fear. (October 22, 2015 at 5:44 pm)Chad32 Wrote:(October 22, 2015 at 4:20 pm)Chuck Wrote: From this find it looks like we are special because someone else did have a head start, and yet we are here and they are not. Chimps do engange in the occasional war..
The fool hath said in his heart, There is a God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.
Psalm 14, KJV revised edition
Are we still surprised by this?
We know there were several other now extinct humanoid species we are closely related to, it's really not surprising they could use tools and I'd assume they could probably talk as well. Neanderthals survived for hundredes of thousands of years in then austere Europe, I doubt they could have done that without at least primitive tools.
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