(April 10, 2015 at 4:40 pm)datc Wrote: The problem of how we came to be is irrelevant for the very different problem of what and who we are.
No, my friend. There's no dodging this question. And it is highly relevant for what and who we are.
Since you didn't answer my original question some pages ago, I pose it again: Are you totally ignorant of cognitive science experiments conducted on animals? You seem to have a very narrow horizon to talk about "human glory", which is - as you yourself said - our god given right to rule over everything else. Which, in my book, is quite the same as white supremacism as far as being uninformed is concerned.