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>It may be a difference in quantity rather than a categorical difference. I don't exclude that possibility. But the only way to find out is to test the other p
by yyyk 3y ago
>It may be a difference in quantity rather than a categorical difference.
I don't exclude that possibility. But the only way to find out is to test the other possibility as well.
- konschubert 3y agoConsidering that humans have evolved from animals, if there was a qualitative difference, how and why do you think something like this would have happened? Like, from one mother to the child, a switch was flipped? I think that we haven’t even really defined what qualtitative means.
- yyyk 3y agoBog-standard evolution is perfectly capable of large qualitative differences. Animals couldn't fly until they did. Land animals didn't exist until they did. Multi-cellular beings weren't until they were. We can empirically see this, so your question should be flipped to "how can we explain such developments within evolution?" (We can, but that's a different discussion).
- konschubert 3y agoYea, you are making a valid point. I guess where you stand in this debate depends on how you define “qualitative”. One could argue that being able to fly or not is a matter of quantity, not quality. But unless you’re being deeply philosophical I admit this is a silly argument to make.