- 19 Mar 2010 06:32
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Economic Left/Right: -9.75
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -9.28
Le Rouge wrote:Efficient bipedalism. This is the only clear distinction between humans and other animals. I would say language but I don't think we can rule out the existence of animal languages in some other species.The title of this thread is misleading. Yes, there are things that separates humans from non-human animals, but they don't necessarily make us superior.
Figlio wrote:assuming we can get off this planet in the next several billion years, the only thing that could trully end humanity would be the slow dissolution of the universe.Are you saying we'll have enough time to colonize the entire universe? How would that even work, considering the universe expands infinitely. We'd have to be able to colonize it faster than it expands. And are you saying that humanity would develop such mobility that it'd jump from one planet to another whenever a planet it has colonized reaches the end point of its life cycle? Because all celestial bodies have a life cycle, and the universe as a whole remains intact when their lives come to an end.
Figlio wrote:We're not as insignificant as you wish we were.Do you actually think I wish we're insignificant, or is that some sort of rhetorical device to trigger a reaction? Because I don't think anyone wishes to be a nihilist, it's just that we can't find any meaning or significance to our existence. Being a nihilist comes with a lot of depression and a constant struggle to find reason to live. I wish every day to find a reason to stop being a nihilist, but I'm not capable of deceiving myself.
Economic Left/Right: -9.75
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -9.28