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In reply to the discussion: Humans are not smarter than animals - we just don't understand them [View all]Edit history
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Humans are not smarter than animals - we just don't understand them [View all]
Judi Lynn
Dec 2013
OP
wiser yes. human beings have barely (if at all) retained the ability to have fun for no reason
Voice for Peace
Dec 2013
#26
I don't doubt that animals are intelligent. I do doubt they are as intelligent as humans beings.
Jim__
Dec 2013
#11
We often fail to see the intelligence of animals because of our tendency to anthropomorphize.
gtar100
Dec 2013
#14
How many animals do you think are working out what goes on in the minds of other species?
muriel_volestrangler
Dec 2013
#16
Redefining 'intelligence', and then using that to say "we're not more intelligent than other animals
muriel_volestrangler
Dec 2013
#18
Intelligence can be compared; humans are more intelligent than other animals
muriel_volestrangler
Dec 2013
#46
Only humans have complex language, both spoken and written, and indulge in abstract thought.
Lionel Mandrake
Dec 2013
#21
LOL! So, regurgitation of the ignorance-based arguments that led to an erroneous conclusion
Egalitarian Thug
Dec 2013
#31
Certainly. The problem lies when one species that lacks the senses to even have
Egalitarian Thug
Dec 2013
#35