(01-02-2023, 10:43 AM)Oh_hunnihunni Wrote: I realised all that rubbish about fish being dumb was just that.
Humans justify their actions. There had to be some reason to treat all other lifeforms as "less" and "stupid" and only humans are special and worthy.
Hence religion. It's all for us. The entire universe is just a clockwork built to keep one fairly recent species of primate happy.
Everything is there for our use. Resources, planets, animals, whatever.
Religion reinforced it. Of course, they, even Buddhism really, say we matter, nothing else does.
So....white males at the top, then females, then "savages".
And all other species below.
It's also bullshit.
Actually studying the facts, all animals have emotions, and communicate, albeit not in English, and have talents. They way we measure is designed by us, for us.
So...we can loot the planet forever, cause we're so smart minor issues like climate change, resources disappearing will be sorted with our smartness and new tech. Right?
I suspect we'll all still be arguing, scapegoating, blame shifting and scrambling so WE, US, get whats left over anyone else, never mind anyTHING else, as we disappear down the toilet with the dinosaurs and other species that have gone extinct.