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Nah. We're not so different from animals.
Bonobos have laughter.
Otters use tools.
Elephants have traditions.
Dolphins have sex for fun.
Whales have a crude language.
About the only thing that sets us apart is our ability to employ language and our ability to employ & understand metaphor. A chimp may be able to craft a tool, but he's unlikely to see this tool as something else... like a symbol of advancement and progress. Also, the chimp can't explain how to fabricate the tool verbally to other chimps.
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Humans apparently only use 10% of there brain or are only capable of using it as such.
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Wow... I didn't think there was anyone out there who still believed that. The fact is we use our entire brain, but we don't use all of it at the same time. Every ounce of your graymatter is accomodated for. Honestly... when was the last time you hear a doctor say, "It's okay. He was shot in the 90% of his brain he's not using, so he's going to be just fine."
Back to the debate.