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Poll: Are you a lumper or a splitter?
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I'm a lumper. Humans are just another kind of animal.
58.06%
18 58.06%
I'm a splitter. Humans are unique and different from the animals.
9.68%
3 9.68%
I don't know.
22.58%
7 22.58%
To hell with all polls!
9.68%
3 9.68%
Total 31 vote(s) 100%
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Are you a lumper or a splitter?
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RE: Are you a lumper or a splitter?
(April 26, 2018 at 12:29 pm)CapnAwesome Wrote:
(April 25, 2018 at 12:10 pm)Khemikal Wrote: If we went to some other planet covered in life we'd probably find a specific animal to focus on as well.

Maybe, but we'd be the only one that aliens would be able to express their thoughts and we'd be able to communicate back. Even a chimp can only express the most basic things.

Philosophy is what makes us different.

If they have thoughts, ofc.  We might be totally geeked out about a plant..and, after killing all the sentient natives we couldn;t care less about..get down to the business of exploiting useful exobiology.

Wink

In any case...yeah..sure, there are plenty of things that make us different from x.
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Are you a lumper or a splitter? - by Angrboda - April 24, 2018 at 11:38 am
RE: Are you a lumper or a splitter? - by FatAndFaithless - April 24, 2018 at 11:45 am
RE: Are you a lumper or a splitter? - by Joods - April 24, 2018 at 1:11 pm
RE: Are you a lumper or a splitter? - by GUBU - April 24, 2018 at 11:47 am
RE: Are you a lumper or a splitter? - by Catholic_Lady - April 24, 2018 at 11:49 am
RE: Are you a lumper or a splitter? - by SaStrike - April 24, 2018 at 12:10 pm
RE: Are you a lumper or a splitter? - by Catholic_Lady - April 24, 2018 at 12:45 pm
RE: Are you a lumper or a splitter? - by Nay_Sayer - April 25, 2018 at 11:04 am
RE: Are you a lumper or a splitter? - by Whateverist - April 24, 2018 at 2:47 pm
RE: Are you a lumper or a splitter? - by Minimalist - April 24, 2018 at 12:35 pm
RE: Are you a lumper or a splitter? - by Edwardo Piet - April 24, 2018 at 1:15 pm
RE: Are you a lumper or a splitter? - by Edwardo Piet - April 24, 2018 at 2:58 pm
RE: Are you a lumper or a splitter? - by CapnAwesome - April 25, 2018 at 11:47 am
RE: Are you a lumper or a splitter? - by Anomalocaris - April 25, 2018 at 1:56 pm
RE: Are you a lumper or a splitter? - by CapnAwesome - April 26, 2018 at 11:37 am
RE: Are you a lumper or a splitter? - by Edwardo Piet - April 24, 2018 at 1:09 pm
RE: Are you a lumper or a splitter? - by Edwardo Piet - April 24, 2018 at 1:13 pm
RE: Are you a lumper or a splitter? - by purplepurpose - April 24, 2018 at 1:14 pm
RE: Are you a lumper or a splitter? - by Edwardo Piet - April 24, 2018 at 1:34 pm
RE: Are you a lumper or a splitter? - by brewer - April 24, 2018 at 1:40 pm
RE: Are you a lumper or a splitter? - by Edwardo Piet - April 24, 2018 at 1:43 pm
RE: Are you a lumper or a splitter? - by polymath257 - April 24, 2018 at 1:48 pm
RE: Are you a lumper or a splitter? - by Edwardo Piet - April 24, 2018 at 1:49 pm
RE: Are you a lumper or a splitter? - by polymath257 - April 24, 2018 at 1:58 pm
RE: Are you a lumper or a splitter? - by Fireball - April 24, 2018 at 3:00 pm
RE: Are you a lumper or a splitter? - by Anomalocaris - April 24, 2018 at 4:28 pm
RE: Are you a lumper or a splitter? - by Fireball - April 24, 2018 at 11:36 pm
RE: Are you a lumper or a splitter? - by Anomalocaris - April 24, 2018 at 2:08 pm
RE: Are you a lumper or a splitter? - by robvalue - April 24, 2018 at 3:52 pm
RE: Are you a lumper or a splitter? - by paulpablo - April 24, 2018 at 5:15 pm
RE: Are you a lumper or a splitter? - by Edwardo Piet - April 24, 2018 at 5:20 pm
RE: Are you a lumper or a splitter? - by Anomalocaris - April 24, 2018 at 5:25 pm
RE: Are you a lumper or a splitter? - by Edwardo Piet - April 24, 2018 at 5:29 pm
RE: Are you a lumper or a splitter? - by ignoramus - April 24, 2018 at 6:51 pm
RE: Are you a lumper or a splitter? - by Little lunch - April 24, 2018 at 11:20 pm
RE: Are you a lumper or a splitter? - by purplepurpose - April 25, 2018 at 4:37 am
RE: Are you a lumper or a splitter? - by Mister Agenda - April 25, 2018 at 11:47 am
RE: Are you a lumper or a splitter? - by The Grand Nudger - April 25, 2018 at 12:10 pm
RE: Are you a lumper or a splitter? - by CapnAwesome - April 26, 2018 at 12:29 pm
RE: Are you a lumper or a splitter? - by robvalue - April 26, 2018 at 1:06 am
RE: Are you a lumper or a splitter? - by Anomalocaris - April 26, 2018 at 2:40 am
RE: Are you a lumper or a splitter? - by Edwardo Piet - April 26, 2018 at 4:14 am
RE: Are you a lumper or a splitter? - by Anomalocaris - April 26, 2018 at 11:35 am
RE: Are you a lumper or a splitter? - by Edwardo Piet - April 26, 2018 at 12:16 pm
RE: Are you a lumper or a splitter? - by Anomalocaris - April 26, 2018 at 12:31 pm
RE: Are you a lumper or a splitter? - by Brian37 - April 26, 2018 at 12:51 pm
RE: Are you a lumper or a splitter? - by Anomalocaris - April 26, 2018 at 12:56 pm
RE: Are you a lumper or a splitter? - by Brian37 - April 26, 2018 at 1:12 pm
RE: Are you a lumper or a splitter? - by Anomalocaris - April 26, 2018 at 1:14 pm
RE: Are you a lumper or a splitter? - by Brian37 - April 26, 2018 at 1:22 pm
RE: Are you a lumper or a splitter? - by Sal - April 26, 2018 at 11:39 am
RE: Are you a lumper or a splitter? - by Angrboda - April 26, 2018 at 11:54 am
RE: Are you a lumper or a splitter? - by Anomalocaris - April 26, 2018 at 12:19 pm
RE: Are you a lumper or a splitter? - by Mermaid - April 26, 2018 at 12:18 pm
RE: Are you a lumper or a splitter? - by Brian37 - April 26, 2018 at 12:21 pm
RE: Are you a lumper or a splitter? - by Anomalocaris - April 26, 2018 at 1:29 pm
RE: Are you a lumper or a splitter? - by Brian37 - April 26, 2018 at 1:43 pm
RE: Are you a lumper or a splitter? - by Anomalocaris - April 26, 2018 at 1:53 pm
RE: Are you a lumper or a splitter? - by Little lunch - April 27, 2018 at 9:52 am
RE: Are you a lumper or a splitter? - by Anomalocaris - April 27, 2018 at 5:34 pm
RE: Are you a lumper or a splitter? - by The Grand Nudger - April 27, 2018 at 4:51 pm



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