Do people really think that we are not intellectually distinct? The largest vocabulary that an non-human primate has been able to learn is 3,000 words. Where as the average human vocabulary is around 60,000. The maximum human vocabulary is probably around a million words. So any attempt to make some comparison just based on language falls well short. I honestly don't understand how this viewpoint comes about. It's a weird sort of specisist guilt or something.
Human beings have developed technology capable of destroying the world. We've developed philosophy, mathematics, literature. The best an animal has managed is modifying a stick to better eat termites. Do you honestly think we aren't intellectually distinct?
Why we've developed larger intellect is just an evolutionary path. It's no more 'miraculous' than peregrine falcons being the fastest species and asking why. It's helped us to survive and breed.
Human beings have developed technology capable of destroying the world. We've developed philosophy, mathematics, literature. The best an animal has managed is modifying a stick to better eat termites. Do you honestly think we aren't intellectually distinct?
Why we've developed larger intellect is just an evolutionary path. It's no more 'miraculous' than peregrine falcons being the fastest species and asking why. It's helped us to survive and breed.
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