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Turkey  ·  3459 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: What does it mean to be human ?

We've accomplished so much as an aggregate species for a reason, though. There's something undeniably special about humans biologically that has allowed us to create and expand far more than any other species on Earth. Perhaps it's just our intelligence. Or maybe there's a quality derived from that intelligence-- perseverance? Critical thinking? Most animals show these things at some level, I think it's just a matter of where their limits are. Humans are just less limited in what they can do and understand.