(March 11, 2010 at 6:29 pm)Saerules Wrote:(March 11, 2010 at 6:19 pm)fr0d0 Wrote:(March 11, 2010 at 6:00 pm)Saerules Wrote: We are more adept with our intelligence than other animals on Earth...
That's enough to concede the point
Not at all. If his point is that we are more capable of being intelligent... then none of us would be disagreeing at all. But he specifically noted our intelligence as special and unique, and I disagree with both of those propositions.
I just skimmed through his posts and didn't find such a claim. I did see him say that what you've essentially said. I think you're trying to sidetrack this to dodge the point. Why so hung up on 'special' or 'unique'? You're special. You're unique. Can you accept that?
You're presuming dominance because of your specialness. Your finger is special, your toenail is special, you'r brain tissue is special... none of them are special in isolation. In a way they are unique, and go to make up a whole.