Mq is wrong, humans are not at all like chimps, although they are our closest relatives in the animal kingdom.
We have culture. We remember the past, and learn from it. We cooperate, plan for the future, and build things together. Chimps really don't.
They never built an astronomical observatory, even one as simple as a pile of stones. They never planted a crop. They never tanned a hide nor wove a basket. They own nothing except what they can carry. They can make simple tools but never knapped a flint. Chimp wrists don't articulate for that. The wrist is one of the things that makes us human. If you look at a chimp hand, it looks a lot like ours do. But they can't turn their wrists like we can.
But Mq is right that human beings are also animals, with animal instincts including rage and aggression and the desire to take what we want from others against their will. Mq is also always pointing out that we don't have to act out on those instincts. If we don't recognize that they exist, that doesn't make them go away. You have to know yourself in order to control yourself.
99% philosophy, such as it is, is predicated on envy. Civilized human life is not a zero sum game. People like Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, Warren Buffet, they make other people richer, not poorer. Big corporations like Apple, Exxon, Boeing, make us all richer, not poorer.
You know that. So what's really the problem? |
