[martindbp]

Humans bad. I think it's an ideological off-shoot from environmentalism. If you recognize that humans are the cause of environmental issues then we are the problem. If we are the problem, then we should try to discredit our specialness so that we can motivate there being fewer of us (anti-natalism).

[theonething]

It's such a tired trope.

[ragazzina]

It's the opposite. "Human special" is an ideological off-shoot from religion and fear of dying. From a scientific point of view, humans are not special in any sense. We are a primate species that evolved through natural selection, just like every other organism.

[martindbp]

We are also all made of atoms, not sure what you're trying to say here. We are different from the other animals on Earth, we are clearly special. That doesn't mean we're chosen by God or anything like that, but I don't see the sense in downplaying humanity either. We may be the only intelligent species capable of science and space flight in the universe for all we know.

[Mistletoe]

I assure you if aliens visited or looked for earth they would consider humans exceptional.

[Henchman21]

Based upon…?

[Mistletoe]

Imagine our response if we went to another planet and the highest life form we found was a dog vs. a humanoid with books, computers, music, films, language...

[ragazzina]

> Imagine our response

So you are saying that from a human perspective, humans are pretty special. Not hard to believe.