Re: thoughts on Jesus

Féachadóir wrote:
Scríobh "alwaysaskingquestions" <alwaysaskingquestions@xxxxxxxxx>:
Féachadóir wrote:
Scríobh "alwaysaskingquestions" <alwaysaskingquestions@xxxxxxxxx>:

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This 'imagination' seems to be a very pwerful tool for survival,
how come man is the only species to have developed it to a
significant extent?

Because man is the only species to have a brain sophisticated
enough to have it.

Well, as far as we know, and there is some debate on the issue.

Where is the debate?

Google on primates and sign language, their capacity for abstract
thought etc

I've referred to that elsewhere in the thread, that other species
show a limited capacity for cognitive abilities but, despite their
obvious advantages for survival, Man is the only species to develop
them to a *significant* extent.

Your subjective assessment is irrelevant. There's nothing unique about
your abilities. You might as well argue that blue whales are special
because nothing else is as big. We're at the end of a spectrum, not in
a class of our own.

A spectrum suggests a series of graduated points with some overlap, not the
massive leap from say chimpanzees to Man as opposed to say dogs to
chimpanzees (examples only, pick whatever comparative species you like)


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