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You can expand humans to include all animals. All animals have monstrous traits.
by TheGallopedHigh 6y ago
You can expand humans to include all animals. All animals have monstrous traits.
- fractallyte 6y agoNo. This is a uniquely human trait. And judging by the number of people here who disagree with me, our shabby human race has a long way to go before we reach any semblance of 'civilization'. Maybe the Fermi Paradox has a really simple, obvious explanation: "Where is everybody?" - waiting for us to become less despicable.
- TheGallopedHigh 6y agoYour firm response without recognizing the nature of the animal world just tends to show your naive perspective on its reality.
- taneq 6y agoPeople tend not to hold animals to the same standards (compassion, empathy) that they hold humans to. A human mauling a baby deer on camera would be lambasted, whereas a tiger doing exactly the same would be considered 'natural'. Agreed though that nature is anything but 'nice'. Anyone who thinks otherwise has been lucky enough to be almost entirely shielded from nature by human society.
- fractallyte 6y agoThe difference is that humans claim to be 'intelligent'. Homo sapiens literally means wise person. Where is our consciousness, self-awareness? The invention of religion - as the ultimate moral or ethical framework - is exposed as a fraud. That's several millennia of philosophy up in flames. So I maintain that we should hold humans to a higher standard - the one that we believe we're entitled to, but seldom live up to.