Human Nature Debates, Snarking
There's this whole meta/pseudo scientific debate that's got that "can't look away from this awful thing" fascination on a cultural level, of
"Only humans do X! Human Nature is totally a scientific fact now!"
"Not all humans do that..? Also: This animal does."
"..Well only humans do Y! We found Human Nature!"
Like, the past 30 years of:
"Language is what makes Humans special! No other animal can do that. It's Human Nature!"
"Actually, we found a bunch of animals that can use language in the exact way you specified."
"Yeah. Well. Like. They don't.. Uh, ask questions! So it doesn't count."
"The parrot just asked what it looks like."
"..I hate that parrot."
I look forward to this reaching more & more abstract levels. Like, by 2050 having:
"Yeah well.. Humans uh.. Make Acid Trance EDM! No other animal does that!"
"Actually, there's a Bonobo that just released an album.."
"Pff, that's just normal Trance, it doesn't count."