| This is something I got to thinking about after reading some evolution debates in another forum here. What is that essence that makes us human? do we have some level of higher consciousness than other creatures?
Another thought to ponder: Evolutionary Psychologists (I know, its obscure), say that the enlarged brain was created by sexual selection, that is to say, the brain is an extravagance that was blown out of proportion simply by mate choice ("wow, that dude made a tool, and he can draw shit on the walls...")
Personally i think its this large brain and its capacities for abstraction of everything that makes us human. I mean, we get wrapped up so much in abstractions of reality, (math, economics, to name a couple), and then base our whole culture on it. what do you all think about this?
-b |