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“This Was Not Accidental”: Scientists Unravel Video Supposedly Showing a Pet Cow Using Tools (thedebrief.org)

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Scientists investigating video of a cow using tools, and later conducting some basic psychology experiments on said cow, say their findings could expand the list of animals capable of tool use.

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[–] MotoAsh@piefed.social 1 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago) (1 children)

We're only so different because we already murdered or fucked the species that were similar enough to be a threat.

Also, scientific advancement has been so rapid that it is wholly inaccurate to compare modern humans to apes and then gesture to technology... It wasn't even 400 years ago that Newton was explaining what gravity is, and 400 years is a damn blip on the evolutionary scale of a species that can live 100+ years.

[–] antonim@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

It wasn’t even 400 years ago that Newton was explaining what gravity is, and 400 years is a damn blip on the evolutionary scale of a species that can live 100+ years.

But that's just further proof that we are special. In just some 5000 years we broke the nature meta countless times, and we're doing it again and again faster and faster, we're so fucking smart we're doing the Paleoproterozoic extinction ("Oxygen holocaust") all over again.

[–] MotoAsh@piefed.social 2 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

No it's not. No it is not proof that we are special. We have NO IDEA what differences make such things unique. To pretend it is our gift alone is to be a self-centered piece of shit.

[–] antonim@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago)

We have NO IDEA what differences make such things unique.

What do you mean by this? Make what things unique? Why do we have to understand the differences to be sure that the outcome is unique?

To pretend it is our gift alone is to be a self-centered piece of shit.

I also think you're a piece of shit, if I may respond directly to this indirect insult; now, can we get back to talking normally?