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I think what he means by "special" is that "every civilization will go through the same phases we go through" and not "we are the only ones that have it." This

I think what he means by "special" is that "every civilization will go through the same phases we go through" and not "we are the only ones that have it." This disagreement really hinges on that very disparate use of the term "special."

mFixman 5y ago
That's my point: I strongly disagree with the "every civilization will go through the same phases we go through" statement. I also disagree that "civilization" is something that could be applied to non-human things and not an arbitrary property of humanity like "Swedish speaker".