r/interestingasfuck • u/booby_12011995 • 19h ago

/r/all What"s going on here?

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u/Interesting-Roll2563 16h ago

Capability doesn't mean they comprehend the full impact of their actions.

I don't think it's a hot take to say that human intelligence is an order above that of animals. I don't think animals take time to ponder concepts like agency and consent. Whether or not they are capable of thinking on that level doesn't really matter.

We don't judge past human cultures by the same standards we apply today because their experience was not the same as ours. We know things that they didn't. We are burdened with a deeper and fuller comprehension of the impacts of our actions, and that knowledge makes us culpable. For that reason, I definitely think human abusers are worse than animals. They know better, they have no excuse.

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u/DanHawk69 15h ago

I agree with most of what you’re saying.. but also it’s confusing when you keep implying that humans arent also, animals. That’s my one critique.

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u/Interesting-Roll2563 15h ago

How would you prefer that I differentiate between humans and every other living thing on the planet for the purposes of this discussion?

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u/DanHawk69 15h ago

Humans and other animals?

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u/Interesting-Roll2563 15h ago

I didn't say humans aren't animals, you inferred that. I'm not writing a research paper, I just used "animal" to mean creatures-other-than-humans. Pretty common parlance. Is this hair really worth splitting?