I'd only be reitterating if I also discouraged whatever PAs thoughts were about species difference and such.
But I have to agree with Death and disagree with the few others who've said humans aren't the most intelligent on earth. We're relatively new creatures in the scheme of things, being around for a far less period of time than others. Long ago, we were somewhat suited the harsh, uncivilized enviroment of the earth generations ago. Now, through the path of natural selection, we've lost many of our old characteristics that allowed survival in those harsh times.
What leaves us as the dominant race is intellectual capacity and ABILITY to carry out ideas. By being able to actually do create what we think allows advancement upon that, and thus the cycle repeats. In the past few centuries, our technological capabilities show an incredible exponential growth. Other species haven't done that, and certainly don't have previously recorded knowledge to ultimately build on.
Primitive traits and actions ma be able to justify calling us a species of lesser intelligence, but in reality those may as well be byproducts. Because of the culture and lifestyle differences explained so well by Volsung (who I now believe kicks total ass), you're going to have disagreements and such. But if you can't see, popular opinion is slowly turning more to that of prevention and improvement as a whole. In modern times, if someone tries to terrorize or rule with an iron fist, something is done about it. The realization about the world around us is growing; give it more time, and it'll develope into what current idealists pray for.
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