RE: Sorry, Fire Only

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From: Kevin P. McDonald <paul_mcdonald_at_ncsu.edu>
Date: Mon, 22 Jul 2002 09:30:34 -0400

> Greg:
> Judgement is not the sole provence of human beings.
> Logic, rationality and words are part of that same mental package, and
> again, are not the sole provence of human beings. Writing might be, but is
> not one of the things that made us human, just a byproduct of the rest

I believe that what separates humans from the other animals (if anything ultimately does) is our capacity for symbolic thought. From this springs writing, religion, art, analogy, ect. I doubt that any Gloranthan's believe this, though.

~Kevin

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