Quote Originally Posted by TheMetal1
It's nice to think of humans as really smart and refined... but intelligence is really a relative term. Subjective? Hmm... what word? It's based on perspective. Yeah, we can build fancy stuff and dial phones... but I doubt we could survive many environments that so called "stupid" mammals can thrive in. We base intelligence off of our survival skills, so it is somewhat impossible to compare our ability to articulate a sentence with a bats ability to navigate at high speeds in pitch black. Even in humans we have different forms of intelligence (Street smart vs. Book smart:hippy so even WE can't really compare "intelligence." Does that make sense? It's late...
Yes, it does makes sense. To elaborate, those "stupid" other mammals (and many other living things on this planet) have found their place in this world without destroying the balance. I think when arguing smarts that should be taken into consideration.


I just think humans are a bunch of self-important arseholes. No other species is so singularly self-destructive on the levels that we are. It's downright shameful. I think our reign at the top of the food chain will eventually need balancing out if we are to extend the length of our stay on earth's massive time line. No species can carry on the way we are without some serious adjustments.
PlainJane Reviewed by PlainJane on . We are an advanced form of bacteria? The earth that we live on is just a small rock in this constantly expanding universe. If you fly into Los Angeles. You go over all of the beautiful fields and mountains, then all of a sudden you see LA and all of that disgusting pollution. If you looked at the earth as a living organism you would look at LA and you'd think (thats CANCER). Well I think that is our purpose as human beings. Much like mold takes over a sandwich. I think thats what people do. I think we are just a more Rating: 5