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Theblackjamesbrown t1_j72u1i5 wrote

It's our culture that makes us unique - social structure, language, psychology - to what extent these are reducible to brains and biology is the key question.

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noonemustknowmysecre t1_j734pxa wrote

>It's our culture that makes us unique

>- social structure,

Uh, wolves are highly social. Bees and ants are eusocial. That is, MORE social than humans. We don't have a monopoly on social structures at all.

>language

Bees dance location data to each other. Birds sing and communicate. We've taught English to apes. Yeah, this one is bollocks too.

> psychology

Any psychology? I mean, anything with a brain has some psychology to it.

NONE of that makes us unique. What, you going to try and say "tool use" next? You're about 70-100 years behind on this debate. Humans are just another animal. It's just egocentrism telling you otherwise.

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WOW.

You abuse the moderation system to just censor posts you don't like? That's low man. Real low. It's the rules here to actually argue your position. If you just can't stand someone disagreeing with you, then this sub isn't for you.

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Theblackjamesbrown t1_j73bpba wrote

Yeah pal: Our culture makes art, has serial killers, mass war, fetishes, professions, shite novels, good novels, podiatry, deep sea diving, biscuits, deliberate genocide, manufactured sausages, algorithms, dutchness, the wheel, touching your toe as a measure of fitness, shame, regret, football teams. Engineering. Not the same.

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