(March 2, 2017 at 2:27 pm)Won2blv Wrote: So do you at least agree that a large majority of our DNA is identical to all humans?
Yes.
(March 2, 2017 at 2:27 pm)Won2blv Wrote: If you do, then is it that big of a leap to say that we have a similar data set in which to draw from?
No, Won, "humans have similar DNA" is not equivalent to "humans have some sort of collective consciousness". "Humans have similar DNA" does not even begin to imply "humans have some sort of collective consciousness".
(March 2, 2017 at 2:27 pm)Won2blv Wrote: I just don't believe that humans could make any discovery, whether it was using fire to cook meat or the theory of relativity, without having a data set to draw from. This is why we can learn and understand new discoveries that we didn't personally discover
The term that you are looking for is "society".
"Owl," said Rabbit shortly, "you and I have brains. The others have fluff. If there is any thinking to be done in this Forest - and when I say thinking I mean thinking - you and I must do it."
- A. A. Milne, The House at Pooh Corner
- A. A. Milne, The House at Pooh Corner