>I disagree, I do not think it is evident at all. Honest question, and I mean this with sincerity: how is it not? I mean it. The level of organization (acro

>I disagree, I do not think it is evident at all. Honest question, and I mean this with sincerity: how is it not? I mean it. The level of organization (across all levels!), knowledge transfer between individuals, the ability to modify our environment and use tools upon tools upon tools... Humanity has reusable rockets launching literal thousands of satellites. A globe-wide comm network. Symbolic thought that allows this very conversation to take place. The rest of the animal kingdom does not. It's not even vaguely close. This does not mean I do not think animals think. This does not mean that they do not have value. This does not mean that they don't feel! When a dolphin uses a sponge to protect it's snout while hunting, and passes than knowledge on to its child- that's really interesting! It shows the very beginnings of cultural transmission. Same with chimps using sticks for ants, or that orangutan that learned how to fry food in a pan after watching its caretakers. But we aren't at the sponge-and-stick level of development, and possibly haven't been for millions of years, even before we were modern humanity. There really is something startlingly unique about the human mind works, and I think we do ourselves a great disservice by not acknowledging up front how unusual it is.