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> I am usually sceptical of anything that has even a whiff of human exceptionalism Why are you skeptical? There is clearly a huge leap in rational intelligence
by cicero 8y ago
> I am usually sceptical of anything that has even a whiff of human exceptionalism
Why are you skeptical? There is clearly a huge leap in rational intelligence when you go from other animals to humans. I would expect we would eventually find a reason for it.
- tormeh 8y ago>There is clearly a huge leap in rational intelligence when you go from other animals to humans Citation needed. Monkeys/apes even fight wars between tribes. All differences between humans and other animals seem to be purely quantitative. I'm sure the difference between your average cat and the smartest species of non-human monkeys/apes are greater than the difference between the smartest species of non-human monkeys/apes and your average human.
- travmatt 8y agoI wonder how dolphins and elephants would compare to human intelligence if they had vocals pathways capable of speaking and limbs capable of grasping.
- JackFr 8y ago"If a lion could speak we wouldn't understand him" - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philosophical_Investigations https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philosophical_Investigations
- labster 8y agoI'm pretty sure I've heard dolphins speaking and seen elephants grasping.
- crooked-v 8y agoElephants have a grasping limb, not grasping limbs. That may seem pedantic, but having at least two hands is probably a prerequisite for a lot of simple technological development.
- dnautics 8y agoEmpiricism. There have been many claims to human exceptionally that have been spurious or found elsewhere. And there are exceptionally human things that are probably just chance because every species likely has something odd going on (rats! Have no gall bladder and have two insulins)