What makes us so "special"?

TJENGLUND
Fri, 06 Aug 2010 00:52:21 +0000

haha thats not a good point the people on the island of Ulithi just so happened to be born there, and therefore were indoctrinated to that way of life. if that exact same person was born in Manhattan they would be perfectly capable to learn, understand, communicate, care and think like every other person in Manhattan

my point is, every single human is capable of these things. every single human has a highly developed brain no matter where they are born (and dont even try pulling the “well some people have mental problems” thing). Apes, and every other species, do not even have the capability to think at a more advanced level. even if the ape is born in manhatten…its level of knowledge and understanding does not differ from one born in some remote location