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- From: ewright@convex.com (Edward V. Wright)
- Subject: Re: Meeting women in clubs
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- Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 20:51:16 GMT
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- In <MARTINC.93Jan21095216@grover.cs.unc.edu> martinc@grover.cs.unc.edu (Charles R. Martin) writes:
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- >But every time someone proposes a distinction that is particularly "human" --
- >language use, tool making, "war", sexual behavior -- there is a primate that has
- >the same behavior, or the clear capability.
-
- Oh? Which primates create representational art? Which possess a
- substantial body of knowledge, or lore, passed down from one generation
- to the next? Which employ the scientific method?
-
- Just because we share some behaviors with apes does not mean mankind
- is just a (not very capable) ape. Nor does it mean we must artificially
- "ape" their behaviors to be more human.
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