Posted by ant on August 18, 19102 at 15:02:17:
In Reply to: Re: Man vs. Nature posted by Joshua on August 13, 19102 at 21:58:48:
Our DNA is 99% similar, and we have only 3% less body hair. These are the only differences between us and apes, nothing more.
In fact, the gap between, say, Plato or Neitzche and the average human being is greater than the gap between an ape and the average human being.
The premier acheivement of the human mind is our memory. We remember so much of what we perceive that we are able to make very reliable predictions based on past experiences. This really is all there is to it, aside from our mental perceptions.
But the downside to this is that we also know that death and change in general are imminent, which give the mind great frustration. This is where our attempts to find our place in the universe comes from.