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Human superiority
- Thread starter MoonWater
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Storm
ThrUU the Looking Glass
Equal, because I see no distinction.
yossarian22
Resident Schizophrenic
Superior.
Why?
We are the only species capable of forcing the environment to adapt to suit our needs.
Why?
We are the only species capable of forcing the environment to adapt to suit our needs.
Scuba Pete
Le plongeur avec attitude...
We are superior to most animals in reference to domination and intelligence. Most animals are superior to us physically. If you don't believe me, try to out free dive a whale or run faster than a cheetah.
Except for mice and rats, man has subjected most animals to do his will.
Except for mice and rats, man has subjected most animals to do his will.
"Forcing" or "destroying"?
Two points: 1.How does that make us SUPERIOR to animals. They are able to adapt TO the environment instead of working against it. How does that make them inferior to us? 2.Beavers chop down trees and build dams to live in. Does that not constitute "forcing the environment to adapt"? many animals dig holes in the ground to live in. Does this not constitute "forcing the environment to adapt"?
Many humans have been subjected to the will of other humans. Does that make the subjected humans inferior to the humans whose will they are being subjected to? Are mice and rats then equal to or superior to us because we have not been able to subject them? How does being able to subject one person or being make one superior to said person or being?
yossarian22
Resident Schizophrenic
A mixture of the two"Forcing" or "destroying"?
We have effectively cut ourselves off from evolution. It can be argued that the final product of evolution is a creature which is capable of seperating itself form evolution
We can adapt to our environment as well, but we are able to effectively remove ourselves from natural selection and will eventually be able to guide our evolution.
Other animals can only react to their environement. If we do not like an environment, we can change it if we are willing to spend the time and effort to do so.
No do anything remotely on the scale that we do.
sandandfoam
Veteran Member
I think that humans are animals.
(I have deleted my posts.)
eudaimonia
Fellowship of Reason
I think the question is irrelevant to the issue of how we ought to treat animals and/or nature.
eudaimonia,
Mark
That's what I was thinking. How many humans could survive a winter out in the cold without any supplies?
Great questions. I believe there are superior humans and superior animals too for that matter. These are individual exceptions and not the general rule however.
Don Penguinoini
Modi.
Superior. Because we are more intelligent and powerful. But at the same time it is our resposibility to look after them, and not eat them.
gnomon
Well-Known Member
Superior to nature? How can a subset be superior to the set of all things?
As far as animals humans do seem to be somewhat superior only in the sense that we have adapted as a single species to a variety of environments with the promising capability for further adaptation or even more diversity in altering environments for our own survival. I'm speaking of capability.
But this is only opinion based on the fact of our own awareness of such things as adaptive capability and evolution. It may very well be we outsmart ourselves into extinction and that higher consciousness proves to be no more a "superior" adaptive capability than chromatophores.
Now, as far as physical characteristics, the question is too broad.
Morally speaking the question is irrelevant.
As far as animals humans do seem to be somewhat superior only in the sense that we have adapted as a single species to a variety of environments with the promising capability for further adaptation or even more diversity in altering environments for our own survival. I'm speaking of capability.
But this is only opinion based on the fact of our own awareness of such things as adaptive capability and evolution. It may very well be we outsmart ourselves into extinction and that higher consciousness proves to be no more a "superior" adaptive capability than chromatophores.
Now, as far as physical characteristics, the question is too broad.
Morally speaking the question is irrelevant.
Scuba Pete
Le plongeur avec attitude...
Right or wrong, they have shown some sort of "mastery". I would suggest here that the is morally superior even though the owner has exerted some sort of physical/emotional superiority over him.
There is no doubt in my mind that slavery is an abomination. Might seldom makes right, though it's use can be seen throughout history.
