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I meant the "essence" of humanity, as in "what separates us from the animals." That is what it means to be uniquely human: to match patterns, overzealously.
by JonnieCache 14y ago
I meant the "essence" of humanity, as in "what separates us from the animals."
That is what it means to be uniquely human: to match patterns, overzealously.
- technolem 14y agoMost animals are pattern matchers. Overzealous ones at that. Our specialty is abstraction and formal logic.