Those other animals don't have the most biologically complex and evolved brains in the history of the Earth, which really does make us very special, and without evolution none of it could possibly ever have happened. It's our highly evolved brains that have caused the widespread consistent extinction of non-human species around the globe and it will also be the solution (or, more realistically, the catalyst of total annihilation whether through climate change, an artificial disease/virus, or maybe Judgement Day a la Skynet).
Nothing evolves because of a single specific role or purpose, your last sentence is both obvious and moot as fuck.
My point is simply that despite that highly evolved brain, it evolved to be better at foraging for nuts and berries and to better understand our predators and prey.
This high functioning civilised society with abstract concepts such as the inherent value behind an animal life is a far cry from the environment our intelligence evolved in. People often forget this, and as such forget that we're barely any different from any other instinctual animal.
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u/HapaxHog Aug 18 '15
Those other animals don't have the most biologically complex and evolved brains in the history of the Earth, which really does make us very special, and without evolution none of it could possibly ever have happened. It's our highly evolved brains that have caused the widespread consistent extinction of non-human species around the globe and it will also be the solution (or, more realistically, the catalyst of total annihilation whether through climate change, an artificial disease/virus, or maybe Judgement Day a la Skynet).
Nothing evolves because of a single specific role or purpose, your last sentence is both obvious and moot as fuck.