Man had always assumed that he was more intelligent than dolphins because he had achieved so much... the wheel, New York, wars, and so on, whilst all the dolphins had ever done was muck about in the water having a good time. But conversely the dolphins believed themselves to be more intelligent than man for precisely the same reasons.
-Douglas Adams, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Very funny & deeply philosophical.
However, the one fine difference is really one of scope. The fish have no need to pray, they have no need to build a New York city, etcetera etcetera. Not needing something at the level of things with fins is not in anyway as decisive as at the level of certain things with the opposing thumb.
The dolphins have been chosen. We continue to be at crossroads.
Renunciation is one thing. Poverty quite another.
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profound! totally agree!!
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