Life cannot be classified in terms of a simple neurological ladder, with human beings at the top; it is more accurate to talk of different forms of intelligence, each with its strengths and weaknesses.
This point was well demonstrated in the minutes before last December's tsunami, when tourists grabbed their digital cameras and ran after the ebbing surf, and all the 'dumb' animals made for the hills.
--B.R. Myers, author (b. 1963)
--B.R. Myers, author (b. 1963)
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When it comes to extinction, most other animal species will outlive humans. We boast that humans are the only animals capable of "reason," but it is that very reason that condemns and consumes us. We think too much.
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