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A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. The most popular seem to be lighthearted, clever little truths, hidden in daily life.

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One of the biggest problem of humanity is that We are Animals pretending not to be Animals (lemmy.world)

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And what are we pretending to be?

"Humans".

And what are Humans?

"Not animals, that's for sure!"

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Care to cite these studies claiming human brains are intrinsically superior? The primary difference among mammals is the size and fold density. Koalas are famously smooth-brained, but other animals have greater memory and reasoning capability with larger, deeper folds. What they lack is language. Humans developed superior vocal cords, allowing great variation in speech patterns that jump started written language and, by effect, written history. Have you not seen the videos and reports of the incredible communication and logical capabilities of other animals such as dogs learning 300 commands and using 40+ speech buttons? Have you not heard the tales of octopus escape artists defeating locks?

Survival is what your parents and local community can teach you. But innovation and invention? You are the product of thousands of years of written language passing on more information than any single person could remember and more then any single community could develop on its own. The biggest brain in the world would sound like an idiot without language. We are not above animals, we just talk like we are.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago

Wouldn’t that still mean that we are superior? We are capable of understanding and exchanging between each other complex ideas which animals cannot do using their basic language . Sure they can do some impressive tasks, but is it really equal to the human mind which can innovate and invent using experiences of those who came before to build something new. As for the studies I will be honest and say that I have heard of them before but wasn’t 100% sure if they were true or real