RE: Thoughts on society and the human race
July 23, 2011 at 11:03 am
(This post was last modified: July 23, 2011 at 11:17 am by Napoléon.)
(July 23, 2011 at 10:57 am)TheYoungAtheist Wrote: I just believe if we all worked together like ants, with no indifferences between eachother. We would be even more of a "super-race"
I highly doubt it. We'd more likely just be gathering sticks and stones in the mud.
(July 23, 2011 at 11:00 am)Ace Otana Wrote: Everyone is entitled to an opinion.
When you look into the intelligence of our actions, think you'll find that we are one the dumbest things to ever walk the earth. We've killed each other for the dumbest of reasons imaginable and built weapons for our own destruction.
Oh? So ant colonies don't fight? Seriously Ace, this is so disingenuous it's unbelievable.
Quote:Ants have never failed to corporate, we have.
And how exactly does this make ants more intelligent/superior/smarter whatever you want to call it than us. Indipendent thought can lead to a multitude of different opinions, which can lead to a multitude of different ways of reasoning. This is exactly what enables the human race to advance, because you can see what other people think and discern what is the best solution to a problem. With a collective mind you lose this process, and problems are only ever looked at one way.
Quote:It's not about being exactly like ants, as in no mind. But looking at their intelligence when it comes to action. Its not the ability but the action. You can have the ability to destroy everything, but that isn't intelligent.
I agree with this to an extent.
Quote:Being at the top of the food chain doesn't mean we're smart. We are our greatest threat. You must of noticed that.
Being at the top of the food chain may not mean we're smart, but we are certainly smarter than everything else below.
