Some days my thoughts take specific turns, and today I'm thinking about some recent statements that were made about how humans are more valuable than other forms of life. That is not logically or evidentially justified. In fact, that remark, being that it was overloaded with emotion, kinda angered me. My observations follow: Those who kill for reasons other than the instinctual need to stave off hunger are of the human persuasion and therefore the phrase "higher thinker" and precious does not apply. Humans are the ones who are capable of plotting to destroy and thus use more than mere instinct with hateful attitudes toward others and willful mayhem.
As humans grow more socially isolated, will this type of behavior increase and become more common? Humans in many cases think of others as "objects," and are not behaving as those with higher capacity for thought at all. Human beings at their "lowest anatomical denominator" are just beings with organs, blood, saliva, other fluids, muscles, etc., the same as all other creatures who currently walk this planet. The fact that we as a species think we're superior only makes us inferior. Is the brain an "accurate measuring stick?" For example, each human has the brain muscle encased inside a skull, but that does not automatically mean much essence and thought patterns exist. If the person doesn't think, then the brain is diminished and thus is not of much benefit.
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