We aren’t SO special

The fact that we think that we are a unique, special species in the universe is connected with the fact that something is wrong with us.  It seems a vague thing to suggest.  But the observation is real enough; it is precise enough in detail.

To point out just one of the disadvantages that this attitude bestows on us, for example.  Megalomania. 

I see in multiples of me and not me.  “The person I feel most sorry for in all this is me.”

Is that just a foible or is it a fundamental human ‘reality’?

Don’t let incredulity dictate what is real, let the facts do so.

Tags: Evolution