not for nothing but if this is too much text for you to read then you ought to practice skimming and reading faster. not everything needs to be 60 seconds 140 characters.
ive never heard of humanity being defined as using tools. there was homo habilis sure but i thought modern humans, sapiens, were defined by our ability to know. before i get too involved in this discussion, i would wanna check the premise a bit more closely
trans rights are human rights

[–] Daxtron2@startrek.website 12 points 7 months ago

It would be much better if it wasn't broken up into a bunch of tweets, like this is the exact opposite of twitter's use case. Just post it as one cohesive block of text with proper formatting and not in a ridiculously long screenshot.

[–] zarkanian@sh.itjust.works 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

What does "ability to know" mean? Don't monkeys know things?

[–] TimewornTraveler@lemm.ee 2 points 7 months ago

great question! I am only referring to the Latin meaning of homo sapiens, "man who knows", distinct from homo habilis

[–] Maggoty@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I've heard the tools things before. Usually by older people. So it was definitely taught at some point.

[–] Klear@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

There's been numerous attempts to separate humans from other animals, various skills or behaviours said to demonstrate how we're different and better and one by one each of those have been found in other species. Therefore I propose that the thing that actually separates humans from animals is that need to differentiate ourselves. No other species does that!

[–] Maggoty@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Have they found an "animal" capable of complex maths and philosophy yet? I submit the difference isn't a whole category like tool usage, but the complexity of it.

[–] Klear@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

A lot of species can do various things better, qualitative superiority just doesn't cut it. We wanted a clear line that would prove we're not animals.

[–] Maggoty@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Well that's never going to happen because we are animals.

[–] Klear@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago

Exactly.