[Leica] Re: Chimps and gorillas

[walt at waltjohnson.com (Walt Johnson)]

This "immensely improved" aspect might need a closer inspection. I'd 
gladly give up Beethoven, Bach and the Beatles for a more peaceful 
existence.  Visit a geriatrics ward and see how breathtaking modern 
medicine can be. Math, physics and optics are major servants of 
governments. They  in turn use these accomplishments to wage war with 
human decency and each other.

I'll accept  these breathtaking human accomplishments but not when 
compared to chimps. Let's weight them with what could or should have 
been done with our alleged superior capabilities.

Walt


larry.k@rcn.com wrote:

>  Huh? Other mammal species often kill the young of their rivals so that 
> their 
>young will survive. You call that tenderness?
>
>  War, famine, death and disease have haunted us for a long time but we 
>continue to struggle to overcome those problems.  You're selling the humans 
>short. The breadth of human success is absolutely breathtaking. Do I have 
>to list 
>all of our accomplishments in art, music, medicine, language, optics, 
>mathematics, physics, etc? Maybe you don't realize that your life has been 
>immensely improved by the work of all of our ancestors. Sure, humans hung 
>with the chimps for a long time but we split off to do amazing things. The 
>chimps have not been as successful. There is no going back...haha...
>
>  Regards,
>
>  Larry K. 
>
>
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>larry:
>
>Coudn't agree more.  We seem to have, if anything, DE-volved.
>
>Compare the tenderness of of "other mammal species" with their young 
>and each other as well as with us, if we behave ourselves around them 
>for any span of time.  It's from them that we stole the overused term, 
>"unconditiional Love".
>
>Then look at the incredible, unforgivable mischief we have wrought on 
>ourselves in the name of abstract concepts.  Pick a war, follow the 
>money, choose your chemical.
>
>I'd hang out with Koko and her crew any time.  And, she shoots film - 
>with an SLR, already!  Who knew?
>
>Bob in Seattle
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