I agree with tirsales that this was a very sensible response by HarryT.
Originally Posted by HarryT
We are humans, just as dogs are dogs and aardvarks are aardvarks. I don't personally think we are anything "special" - we are simply primates who took an evolutionary path, about 7 million years ago, which led to what we happen to be now. It could have happened to any species; it just happened to be us. I think it's quite monstrous egotism to suggest that we hold some "special position" in the universe .
We have a very inflated opinion of our achievements (which in some cases are indeed remarkable), but compare that to how us humans are becoming
more insular and destructive.
Maybe we really do need to get back to some basics.
Cheers
