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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 week ago

'What a piece of work is a man! How Noble in reason! How infinite in faculty! In form and moving how express and admirable! In Action, how like an Angel, in apprehension, how like a God! The beauty of the world, the paragon of animals—and yet, to me, what is this quintessence of dust?'

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago

Nona is a drater

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)
[–] [email protected] -2 points 1 week ago

Reading this bunch of modern true-believers confidently preach the dogma of the hour (evolution yes! design no!) is nauseating.

[–] [email protected] -4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (13 children)

The OP kinda used bad faith arguments, so everyone is pointing out ways that humans excel. They have a good point however. Humans are not superior. We are not the best species. Just about every animal, insect, or parasite can kill us or seriously harm us. Our bodies are not resilient, and have about a thousand built in flaws. Our 'intelligence' just creates new dangers that kill us.

Humans are great in many ways, but we do not sit at the top of everything. We are great at what we do and that's it.

Edit: A lot of people aren't too happy with me talking about the human race in the light I did. The point of the comment was not to say humans are trash and weak. It's to say that we excel at many things, but we are still way behind other animals in many other ways. There is no one species that is the best. They all excel in many different and special ways. We aren't the best species.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago

Have you ever observed crows? They're very intelligent according to a lot of studies. If you observe them for some time, you'll notice how the intelligence gives them an edge. Basically, crows will try and steal from every other species around. Mostly food, but also other stuff they deem useful.

Now, with that knowledge, observe humans. The early humans also stole stuff from every other species. You could also argue that the most successful humans (in terms of wealth) also tend to steal everything, but that's beside the point, just view those as lagging in terms of evolution.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Just because we have some weakness and are not superhuman doesn't mean we don't excel.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

That was the entire point I made.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

We aren’t the best species.

No species is the "best." Some are the best in certain aspects. Ours is the ability to manipulate our environment, which is also a double edged sword as we're now killing ourselves with climate change.

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