Can anyone figure out humans? What sets us apart from other mammals so that we could do more than just give into our primal urges? Why are our emotions so intense?
>>19129238
We can willingly have sex with other animals knowing that they are animals.
>>19129238
Emotional intensity is not the key. Animals have intense emotions. The key is slack. Get slack, get better.
Actually it's simply because our brains evolved as our coping mechanism against nature.
Instead of adapting to nature, we're forcing nature to adapt to us.
>>19129238
The complexity of our brains sets us apart. Our cerebrum is huge when compared to the brains of other animals and it's the intricacies and greater surface area of the cerebrum that allow us all those emotions and thoughts.
>>19129238
The urges are great because the ego is large and dominant. Learn some self control and rise above the wants of the ego. Only then will you see the true Self is hidden beyond its mask. Meditate and learn the wisdom that silence speaks. Awaken the fire within and the ego will dissolve away so that only the Self remains.
We ate from the tree of knowledge and knew we were naked.
>>19129238
we used our minds to out endure every other mammal on this planet. Humans being one of the slowest mammalian sprinters, we make up for it in endurance and tools. The Human is the most efficient mammal in long distance, slowly progressing, journeys due to our superior cooling mechanism of perspiration and handling of glycogen and fat storage.
>>19129238
>he thinks he's the only species with higher consciousness