Quote Originally Posted by WingedWolfPsion View Post
Of course we are smarter than all other known species at present.
Oh good, we agree.

I even agree that there are smart animals. I agree with everything you said, and it means nothing to me to find something humans do on their own which animals do not do. I have agreed with you this whole time that animals are remarkable and can do some cool things. I am really not entirely clear why you have continued to bring that up. And the difference between quantity and quality is quite unclear, although I know what you are getting at. Humans surpass all other living creatures in both quality and quantity of tool use. Our tools are used more quantitatively, and they are superior qualitatively too. But yes, I get it, monkeys use sticks, I get it. It is like a snow flake and a glacier, they have the same chemical make-up, but a glacier just has a heck of a lot more.
Humans are the smartest beings of which we have knowledge, as you accurately stated. This sets us apart. We are the glacier. I am going to even be a little crazy here and say that HUMANS can set themselves apart from other HUMANS! I see a difference between Albert Einstein and the town drunk. I think that made Einstein special and different, even among humans.

I see your view point. You do not have to restate it. I think you see mine too. That is why I think we agree with one another. Neither of us have even read anything we have not heard before, so I don't know what the discussion is actually about.

Thanks for the banter. Cheers.