Dolphins, apes, parrots... I'm sure continued testing will prove that
the only real difference is how we talk and how many layers our brains
have.
On Thu, Apr 28, 2011 at 10:10 AM, Brandon <payne_brandon_at_yahoo.ca> wrote:
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>> I highly doubt it. Even if the science was up to the task, you'd have to deal with groups who would state it's against religion/against science/against better judgment, whatever. If we humans cannot even get along with our own kind, do you really think we'd get along with another sentient species? Our own nature condemns us and limits us, I'm afraid.
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> So true. Specism will not only end up becoming legitimate, but even surpass racism in its potential for genocide because we humans have an extremely strong tendency to prioritize our feelings (feelings of a lesser nature get pushed back by a greater feeling) and may even see them as a greater competition than other humans. The result is a member of the KKK or neo-nazis comparing a Black human to a non-human sapient with something like "they may be a n****r, but at least they're human."
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> Yet there is also a tendency for good to come out of evil. We humans currently take ourselves for granted because we are the only sapient creatures on Earth and the presence of non-human biological sapience might end up making us see ourselves more clearly as human, thus reducing interhuman racism.
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