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[–] [email protected] 24 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

“When we’re talking about amputation behavior, this is literally the only case in which a sophisticated and systematic amputation of an individual by another member of its species occurs in the animal Kingdom,”

says first author Erik Frank - again forgetting that humans are part of the animal kingdom too.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

I mean in a technical sense, in a philosophical sense there's room for debate, in a lot of ways we've kinda moved beyond

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

In a lot of ways we haven't though. I think not putting humans in the animal category ignores the fact that humans can be extremely animalistic at times, especially individually.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago

Maybe even more as groups, as can be seen from the world politics.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 weeks ago

ignores the fact that humans can be extremely animalistic at times, especially individually.

I mean that's true, but when that does happen, they're called out on it using "being an animal" in a derogatory form, as in "We're better than that, you've stooped to the level of animals with your actions"

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

What does going beyond animals even mean? If we were cyborgs or some synthetic hybrids I could sort of see a differentiation, but we are still mammal animals.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 weeks ago

Like I said in a technical sense, yes. But in a philosophical way are we really if we can pick and choose which species we want to make extinct?

Whenever the topic comes up on eradicating mosquitos once and for all, it's never centered on if we can but if we should. We have so much control of our environment and animals, we can decide which ones flourish and which ones go extinct, we can destroy all life on this planet in a day. We don't have total control, but what we do have...is quite a lot. To me that means we've transcended beyond imo

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago

Well, we understand concepts, and have the ability to plan for the far future beyond our immediate surroundings. We create art, and ponder morality and mortality.

We are mammals, but we are much more than that.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

If you don't already have some form of metal that has been intentionally added to your body, my guess is that you will before you die.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

That's debatable, and this article is not a philosophical one (and it's written correctly in the title ;)