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272 sats \ 3 replies \ @ek OP 9 Jan freebie \ parent \ on: Zap to Zero Day 12 meta
But as a species, we came pretty far with our attributes, no?
The average human might not be representative of the human species as a whole but since we're incredible social creatures, this makes sense. We win in numbers. We're nothing alone. The average human would probably lose in a 1v1 "fist fight" against an average wolf 95 times out of 10. But two humans and access to tools vs a pack of wolfs? Doesn't even need to be a gun, a spear is probably enough. That changes a lot.
But I see where you're coming from and I agree.
I think whoever wrote this quote was just wondering what are the most important attributes that make us human.
We are uniquely gifted at coordinating complex actions across many members of the species. That largely happened because we developed language and money.
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Oh, that anonymous dude totally forgot money. Good point!
I don't think any other animal invented something similar to money. Language is pretty common though. Afaik, there is no animal that has not developed some kind of language.
But you probably mean complex language. But are we sure we have good awareness how complex animal language can be?
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Part of our language development that is unique afaik, is durable language like writing and drawing. That reduces information loss over time and is more transmissible to others.
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