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> Either way, [Linnæus's choice of words implied that humans are fundamentally different from everything else … It is an understandable mistake … Ummm, I'm pre

by wtbob 11y ago

> Either way, [Linnæus's choice of words implied that humans are fundamentally different from everything else … It is an understandable mistake … Ummm, I'm pretty sure that it wasn't a mistake. Human beings are fundamentally different from anything else on this planet. If you seek a proof, look around.

xlm1717 11y ago
Yes we caused climate change, yes we need to do something about it, no that doesn't make us special.
vudu 11y ago
The more resistant you are to the idea we are unique the more human you may be.
patates 11y ago
All of our differences are quantitative, not qualitative. What's that fundamental difference?