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Is there any evidence that we actually have this quality? Humans just seem like particularly complex animals to me.

• vemv 4y ago
  There are objective things that humans have done that no other being has ever done e.g. invent things. Also, no two human lives are alike - we don't simply wander around satisfying basic needs as an animal does. Not even two human generations in history have been the same - there's this progress that escapes our own genetic/evolutionary 'programming'. I wouldn't find it realistic to hold the opinion that humans aren't qualitatively different from all other known beings.
  • __alexs 4y ago
    To know that we'd escaped our "programming" first we'd need to be able to understand it. We're a long way from being able to do that.