the metronomic regularity with which any scholarly work on human behavior reassures itself that something or another differentiates us from “the animals” is incredible who told you all that if you were no better than an animal you were going to sleep out behind the woodpile
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no point in making it an article of faith if it were actually true, etc
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what would a "fundamental distinction" look like?
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if any of the shit people say differentiates us were true and irreducible, instead of mostly true and contingent (like language and tool use) or just complete bullshit (like ecosystem damage)
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The question is, does this raise your valuation of animal life or lower your valuation of human life?
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which is not to say that contingent distinctions are somehow less impactful. in fact, they are usually more impactful. but there's nothing special about being human. we're just apes. nature never does anything just once. I expect we'll find others like us sooner or later.
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I suspect there may be intelligent life out in the universe because it is highly probable. We are simply too boring for an advanced civilization to interact with. We could also simply be out of range.
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