Comments on: human uniqueness…

By: ricardo

ricardo — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 10:43:10 +0000

not only apes, but dogs have a sense of justice – at least according to a study I recently read about in the New Scientist…

By: Wendy Darling

Wendy Darling — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 21:36:13 +0000

I work at Emory University in Atlanta doing the web site for the health sciences center, which includes as part of it a primate research lab. They’ve found out all kinds of amazing stuff, including the fact that many things which human have often considered “uniquely human traits” are in fact present in primates as well as other types of animals. For example, monkeys and apes have been shown to understand / act on concepts of injustice, jealousy, and greed.

By: Liam Sharp

Liam Sharp — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 09:26:15 +0000

I have to say an ironic ‘amen’ to this. :)

Best as ever,

By: ricardo

ricardo — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 07:20:13 +0000

though we lord it over all creation, we’re prey animals – and if you’re prey, it’s natural to fear the ‘other’ because it could well be a pride of lions that’s going to eat you… But the truth is that, in so many ways, we ARE lords of creation – at least as far as it comes to our power to destroy. The tragedy of human beings is that we don’t seem to be able to escape our origins… however hard we struggle to do so… Since that seems to be the case, the only alternative that makes any sense to me is that we accept our origins as a prey species that got ‘lucky’……

By: Rem

Rem — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 18:26:57 +0000

So, people are unique, eh? So why do we keep finding these: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L4XxpKdOUCw

;-)

Seriously, the more fraught times become, the more heightened the “us” versus “them” – hence the increase of BNP (or PVV, for the Dutch) voters…