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I heard something retold recently in this space that was very interesting about a distinctive feature for humans. And that is the ability to make a vow. That wo
by jxramos 8y ago
I heard something retold recently in this space that was very interesting about a distinctive feature for humans. And that is the ability to make a vow. That would be a pretty interesting topic to see how animals can communicate understanding of the far future and what not.
- double0jimb0 8y agoSounds like a good thing for someone who wants you to take a vow to say.
- jxramos 8y agoMaybe, but the interesting thing is that I think it identifies not just a difference of degree but of kind. For instance animals can use tools and build things and communicate and recognize self and so forth, where in each case humans dominate in the vast separation of degree we have taken each. I can’t think of any analogue where a vow would be a difference in degree to something. Maybe it’s along the ideas of abstract thought. I don’t know.