Are Humans Really Special?

[NellieMay]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-48011113

[Spicerack]

Ulrika, I think, pixie.

[pixie374]

Lol...

[sanmac]

I remember now; it was Aristotle Onassis. The guy with the plimsoll lines on his ships.

[Peter Pedant]

.// Ulrika, I think, pixie.//

as in
Been sticking my finger in cans of Tuna.
well - that ' ll reek her !

sozza sozza - nice photo

[mibn2cweus]

If everyone was special . . . than no one would be special.

[Theland]

Those who have a relationship with God are special.

[THECORBYLOON]

THELAND, nearly right, they THINK they are special.

[naomi24]

Theland claims to be special and yet elsewhere preaches humility. Hmmmm...

[sanmac]

Just as an aside, and perhaps to interject a little humour, it really irritates me on these TV shows when all you have are Special Agents of the F.B.I. Don't they have to start of as Ordinary Agents and then work up?

[Mamyalynne]

Rather depends on the role, they are either 'Agents' or 'Special Agents'

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special_agent

[sanmac]

I guess, mamy, you missed the "Just as an aside, and perhaps to interject a little humour". Anyway, the article has a tag: "This article's factual accuracy is disputed. (March 2016)".

[Mamyalynne]

'appen I did - I get used to it being a Q&A site.

[Theland]

Naomi - you never miss an opportunity to have a cheap shot do you?
Read your bible to understand my thinking, otherwise you are wilfully ignorant, which suits your purposes for the cheap shot.
Agenda - Make Naomi look superior.
Yeah well, fancy selling your integrity so cheaply!
What a shame.

[naomi24]

A truthful observation not to your taste Theland? Oh well ...

[steg]

Aye.. the can travel to the bottom of the oceans and into space, they even invented the word “special”
Pretty cool if you ask me

[dave50]

No they are not. Nor is the earth. We are a minute spec of dust in relation to the vast universe. Which will in time cease to exist whether you like it or not. It's time people got things into perspective.

[woofgang]

Define "special"

[NellieMay]

But Dave because we have developed superior brain power, does that make us more special than every other living being on this planet. We are now destroying this planet and more rapidly than ever before.

[NellieMay]

Woofgang, I defined what I meant on the third posting on the thread. Special wasn't the right word. I should have perhaps put 'more important'. I don't think we are.

[dave50]

NellieMay - As I said before, this planet is not special, it is nothing in the great scheme of things. So when people, who seem to think we are the centre of the universe, talk of saving the planet, save it from what? One day it and us will cease to exist. Stop taking life so seriously.