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Anonymous
In the human world, intelligence gets you success, so obviously we've grown to believe that intelligence = superiority. However, outside of our bubble, having academic intelligence does not necessarily make us superior to an animal that is not as bright but has still survived for millions of years longer than we have, or is more widely dispersed, or stronger, or lives longer, or has better eyesight or hearing or however else you want to determine "superiority," which by the way is totally subjective.
You think an animal that's only been around for ~200,000 years, with poor senses, has a weak body that always requires some external aid (clothing, tools, homes), whose lives depend on more symbiotic relationships than most other animals, that requires 18+ years of being taken care of by parents, and whose only redeeming feature seems to be that they can build things or reflect on the nature of reality is somehow the greatest animal on earth?
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