This is a very nice article (and videos). Thanks for posting!
As to what makes humans special, I think it's clear that consciousness is not it. I'd say our special traits are our limitless greed and capacity for evil.
I think at some point during evolution extreme selfishness and disregard for the gratuitous suffering of other beings became the dominant traits, but evolution doesn't care about us, and it operates at all time scales. We are the dominant species now, but the traits that got us here are also the ones that will destroy us.
I agree with you 100%. I think a world with bonobos in charge would be much better,but we will kill all them,and everything else,except for say cockroaches.
This is a very nice article (and videos). Thanks for posting!
As to what makes humans special, I think it's clear that consciousness is not it. I'd say our special traits are our limitless greed and capacity for evil.
I think at some point during evolution extreme selfishness and disregard for the gratuitous suffering of other beings became the dominant traits, but evolution doesn't care about us, and it operates at all time scales. We are the dominant species now, but the traits that got us here are also the ones that will destroy us.
I agree with you 100%. I think a world with bonobos in charge would be much better,but we will kill all them,and everything else,except for say cockroaches.