On 8/18/10 5:48 AM, "Krimel" <[email protected]> wrote: > Ever since "Origin of Species" people have been trying to find something, > anything that makes humans unique from the rest of God's creation, tool use, > language, opposable thumb... Music and art? Maybe, except birds sing and so > to whales. Many species have "dances" built into their mating rituals. With > regards to art I am hard pressed to think of a species that produces art but > I am also hard pressed to see how we would recognize it if they did. Another > species' esthetics would in all likelihood be so different from ours, they > might be singing, dancing and creating art all around us and we wouldn't > notice anymore than other species recognize these capacities in us. <snip> Hi Krimel and All, The thing that makes humans unique is the ability to process DQ in an evolutionary way. The first self-reflective faculty of this capability is the Emotions. Emotions are unique in that they are DQ only. Love is DQ and only described by analogy. I have no idea how to describe a social level in terms of DQ/SQ. Intellect is defined as SOL (thanks BO) DQ/SQ. Higher emotional and higher intellectual levels are also DQ only, the purview of heroes. Joe
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