The Difference of Man and the Difference it Makes (Humans)

by xeno6696 , Sonoran Desert, Tuesday, July 07, 2009, 05:36 (5410 days ago) @ David Turell

Dr. Turell, - As I've only finished chapter 3 of Adler I am only reporting preliminary ideas, and as a math/comp guy I am well aware of the intrinsic property we have to manipulate language as finely as we do, and in ways that is clearly different than every other being we've observed. - I can't challenge that. But we also had 10,000yrs or so of refinement to get to where we're at. If a Gorilla can articulate itself in speech, it still speaks that this particular skill is one that exists in primates, we only do it better. Again... I'm sure Adler will deal with this in due time. - In some respects Adler's argument speaks to a more abstract "Man is more than the sum of his parts." This is intuitionally correct. - I meditate slowly on books (usually) and the little bit of push he gives thus far clearly verifies the importance philosophy must play in answering the question. While I have materialistic leanings, my time spent reading Nietzsche put a strong temper on them. BGE has several strong polemics against the scientific establishment of his day. - A deeper question one must ask, "If we are radically different than everything else... what then?" - Intuitively, it's like saying "Um... nothing new." So if it is verified, what does that actually say?