lol I've been thinking about this comment kind of subconsciously all day and now I finally remembered to reply:
You're right.
It's weird to think how young humans are as a species, how much of our DNA is shared with every other species on the planet, what actual percentage of us is actually unique as "human." Because we're not all that different from, I mean, not just primates, but all mammals, all vertebrates, even all animals. And even so, we're totally different. For some weird reason I hold the Andalites to the standards of their evolution when there's no evidence I have the right to do that at all. Especially considering humans, as they are, are no older than a couple hundred thousand years old, and Andalites still LOOKED like Andalites millions of years BEFORE there were dinosaurs on our planet. They had a lot more time to shed all of that prey-like fear and worry and pessimism, become the dominant species on their planet, and get really really arrogant.
idk. you're totally right, I'm a moron, what else is new :/
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Date: 2010-03-03 01:34 am (UTC)You're right.
It's weird to think how young humans are as a species, how much of our DNA is shared with every other species on the planet, what actual percentage of us is actually unique as "human." Because we're not all that different from, I mean, not just primates, but all mammals, all vertebrates, even all animals. And even so, we're totally different. For some weird reason I hold the Andalites to the standards of their evolution when there's no evidence I have the right to do that at all. Especially considering humans, as they are, are no older than a couple hundred thousand years old, and Andalites still LOOKED like Andalites millions of years BEFORE there were dinosaurs on our planet. They had a lot more time to shed all of that prey-like fear and worry and pessimism, become the dominant species on their planet, and get really really arrogant.
idk. you're totally right, I'm a moron, what else is new :/