An Analogy (Humans)

by George Jelliss , Crewe, Sunday, October 25, 2009, 16:54 (5507 days ago) @ David Turell

DT: I find the study of the British Isles quite fascinating.-I'm not sure that you have taken my analogy in the way I intended!-To spell it out, I doubt if the British Isles is any more distinctive, geologically or otherwise, in objective terms than many other places: Nepal, Great Rift valley, Yemen, Tierra del Fuego, Machu Pichu, Yellowstone Park, Sri Lanka ...? But since I live here I'm aware of the patriotic and poetic parochialism that would like to think that it is.-In the same way as a member of the human race I am aware of the way that human beings are liable to see their species as distinctive, biologically or otherwise, as compared with other species. Then again there are arguments about the Earth being a special place in the universe. I doubt the objectivity of these notions, though I have seen many arguments here in those directions.

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GPJ