Why are humans so dominant over other species?

[ISamson]

I don't get it.

Lol.....

 

[phinds]

spiders are not insects

That's debatable. I've heard it said that "insects" is derived from "in" meaning small and "sect" meaning "nasty creature", so "insects" include spiders, little yippy dogs, and the late Truman Capote.

 

[ISamson]

What is going on? Anyone else think all of this is very strange (Existence, The Universe, Everything) I mean what the hell is going on why are we here and why are we so dominant over other species on this earth? It's as if we are playing a video game and have cheat codes.

Also a lot of video games seems to be emulating our lives I find this kind of weird but cool I guess. I like to think of it like the reflection of water reflecting something and video games are reflecting us.

We completely dominate the creatures of this Earth there is no comparison, anyone have any idea why this is?

This place can be VERY cruel also, can you imagine getting eaten alive by a lion?

And the manipulation of the electromagnetic radiation is so fascinating and incredible like how does something like that even exist?
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Anyways I am just rambling now, would love to hear your thoughts.

I have often wondered about this, why us, humans?
One of my wonders is consciousness:
I find that only intelligent beings can think about: "Who am I?", "Why was I born human (for example)?", "What the heck am I doing here?", because, in my opinion, this is a special ability to think about an own self. This is just interesting. Great questions, OP.

 

[Mark44]

♫People are strange when you're a stranger
Faces look ugly when you're alone
Women seem wicked when you're unwanted
Streets are uneven when you're down ♫

♫ When you're strange
Faces come out of the rain...
When you're strange
No one remembers your name... ♫

Takes me back to about 1968, and The Doors.

 

[AlexCaledin]

 

[waternohitter]

I would suggest we treat games as games and separate them from our reality.

 

[AlexCaledin]

 

[OCR]

♫People are strange when you're a stranger
Faces look ugly when you're alone
Women seem wicked when you're unwanted
Streets are uneven when you're down ♫

♫ When you're strange
Faces come out of the rain...
When you're strange
No one remembers your name... ♫

Takes me back to about 1968, and The Doors.

Well, that IS strange !
... knew that was coming, right ? .

 

[Krunchyman]

What if, whenever you look in the mirror, the person looking at you actually is you, and you are just a reflection of him? And that you will vanish the moment he turns away from the mirror?

 

[Drakkith]

What if, whenever you look in the mirror, the person looking at you actually is you, and you are just a reflection of him? And that you will vanish the moment he turns away from the mirror?

Then I'm happy to have existed for that brief moment in time. Well, I'm not, as I obviously exist since I'm not looking into a mirror now, but I'm sure the other me was happy.

 

[aheight]

What is going on? Anyone else think all of this is very strange (Existence, The Universe, Everything) I mean what the hell is going on why are we here and why are we so dominant over other species on this earth?.

It all makes perfect sense to me. But I am old and have traveled far and now I rest. As my answer to your question, I'll leave you with a riddle:

$\displaystyle \frac{dy}{dt}=-y^3+by+c$

 

[Noisy Rhysling]

It all makes perfect sense to me. But I am old and have traveled far and now I rest. As my answer to your question, I'll leave you with a riddle:

$\displaystyle \frac{dy}{dt}=-y^3+by+c$

Ha! I worked that one in grade school!Got it wrong then, too.