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What Makes Humans Different From Other Animals? [VIDEO]

Written by Purposeful Universe | April 25, 2022

 

When it comes to intelligence there is a very clear distinction between what humans can do and what other animals can do, but how do we best understand that difference?

What Makes Humans Different than Animals Video 

In this Veritas Forum video, Brown University professor of biology Dr. Kenneth Miller suggests that identifying any singular function like language or morality as uniquely human is not sufficiently explanatory but that only by looking at these rational attributes collectively can we get a proper sense of the huge intelligence gap between us and them.

Video Credit: The Veritas Forum, Original Video

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