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ace-and-ranty · 1 year ago

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Looking a bit more into the Dinaledi story, looks like the team excavating the site is vehemently defending that Homo Naledi did ritualistic burials, and it's a big deal because it challenges the idea of "human exceptionalism" and I understand that that's a big sticking point for Religious ReasonsTM, but oh my God, I personally find the idea so so so so ssssoooo stupid

Like, who CARES if humans aren't the only ones to do X? Or do Y? Who cares if humans are not nature's most special-est little guys? I can't imagine being so invested in wanting humans to be UNIQUE(TM). I for one would fucking love if we had evolved on a planet where we weren't the only fully sentient species. Can you imagine the kind of comparative studies we could do if there was even one other species as intelligent as us??

#I just think it would be fascinating #I really cannot imagine the kind of pettiness necessary to be UPSET that other hominid species did 'human things'#THOSE ARE YOUR COUSINS #BE NICE TO THEM.#This brought on by:#just read an article that was very interesting discussing the scientific evidence pro or against the Homo Naledi theories #and then it ended with 'But I don't think this disproves human exceptionalism and that we ALONE are made in God's image :)'#and I wanted to stab the entire article.#absolutely wild. how is this dude tackling on this braindead take on the end of an otherwise really good article?#I truly do not comprehend Christians' obsession with being the special-est little guys #that was the whole reason I left.

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