RE: Thoughts on society and the human race
July 23, 2011 at 10:49 am
(This post was last modified: July 23, 2011 at 11:38 am by Napoléon.)
(July 23, 2011 at 10:41 am)TheYoungAtheist Wrote: Ace definately knows were I'm coming from. It's about how you use your intelligence, not that you have it. Humans (some) have intelligence no doubt, but they abuse it, and use it for barbaric things.
It's all well and good saying it. But let's just say we DO become like ants. Everyone does as they are told and we just mindlessly get along doing whatever tasks benefit society.
Now where does scientific progression come from? Where do new ideas come from? If everyone is focused entirely on their one role which they have to perform, then yes, we may become more efficient at survival, but in terms of intelligence progression as a species we would stagnate.
The reason I responded was because the notion that ants are in some way intelligently superior to us because they do things their way is stupid. They are very good at doing what they do yes. But as a species they are limited to what they can achieve. Do you see them coming to great understandings about how the universe works? No. Do they understand gravity? No. Do they know about stars, or black holes, or even what space is at all? That's my point. Just because they are extremely efficient at one thing, does not mean that it would translate well by us doing the same.
If someone was extremely good at playing football, me following their daily routine would not necessarily lead me to being good at playing sports in general. You get it?
