Hi Krim
Not sure I agree here. I think there are human attributes that aren't
manifest in other species that are totally unique to humans and this
sets us apart from the rest of the animal kingdom.
I'm talking about music and art. As far as I'm aware no other species on
the planet has either music or art and, as I said in an earlier post
some time back, I think this is linked with our intellect and the
intellectual level. Which in turn are linked to our language ability.
It's one of the reasons that I also agree with David T that intellect,
and the intellectual level, goes back thousands of years because the
ability to produce art (or music) is so dependent on having an
intellectual level. You only have to look at the Lascaux cave paintings
to realise that intellect was alive and well at least 17000 years ago.
I agree that we are a product of natural selection and that what we do
is natural (I haven't got much time for the supposed 'supernatural') but
I don't think it's arrogance to assume that there is something radically
different about humans that allows us to produce music and art.
Cheers
Horse
On 18/08/2010 04:46, Krimel wrote:
[Krimel]
Odd, it seems arrogant to me to assume that much of anything about us is
radically different than what we see in other species. We are a product of
natural selection and the same rules apply to us as to every other species.
Comparing our social manifestations to that of other species, looking at how
they arise from similar conditions and serve similar functions seems, what
the word I am looking for... natural.
On the other hand assuming that we are unique seems to me, what's that other
word... supernatural.
--
"Without music to decorate it, time is just a bunch of boring production deadlines
or dates by which bills must be paid."
— Frank Zappa
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