is it humans alleged intelligence that makes us the only creatures...???

Question

to act against the rest of nature to serve ourselves in an unneccessary manner???...we even fight and compete with the very natural enviroment that sustains us....does our alleged 'intelligence' make us strive to bite the hand that raised us and feeds us?...or is it our ignorance....?...;0)

Hans B...i agree but the difference to me is neccessary and unneccessary need...animals behaviour has a natural explanation/reason that makes sense...much ...not all...of ours doesnt...it is vain and pointless need...;0)

frugernit.....i dont attribute any deliberate concern to other species...most of nature just is...without deliberate thought process...;0)

los...i split nothing from anything...you assume i do...and thats a measure of your arrogance not mine...also your aggressive answer helps me make my point...i do nothing to threaten harm to you nor personally challenge you...i am not eating from your plate...so why so aggressive...perhaps just the need to be superior...and note please...i ask out of curiosity...im not attacking for the sake of it....???

Answer 1

I think that the loss of moral values in mankind is what is causing such heartless destruction of nature. Greed for example, which is at the root of many such behavior is a lack of moral value.
Intelligence has to be balanced with proper moral values.
If we use only our intelligence and do not use our moral values then instead of harnessing the energy inside of a particle to produce energy we will use it to make a bomb and destroy the earth.

Answer 2

I think you might be attributing to other species a concern for the environment that they just don't have. The apparent harmony in nature is really just an arms race that is more or less in balance. While there are examples of species that nurture other species (e.g. ants with aphid ranches) most species are very short-sighted. A cheetah would not hesitate to kill the last antelope. An elephant would knock over the last tree to get a meal.

The problem is not our intentions but that our technology makes it so easy for each of us to act in their own self-interest and end up making things worse for all of us. And the question is whether our big brains can grasp that and take steps (slowing population growth, decreasing consumption of fossil fuels, etc.) before we set in motion things we can not control.

Answer 3

This is intelligence versus conventional wisdom of being human. We have seen our intelligence being realised in the ways of what is know as modern wisdom, involving things quite unimaginable just a hundred or so years ago. We have ability to deviated principles of general nature to transcend into states of mind that is capable of creating entirely new case for existence - this is human nature: discontented, searching and striving for excellence. Our intelligence is not the intelligence entirely benign in nature; it can also be destructive and alien to all that is in existence. This is the why it is no ordinary feat to be human and to a good all at the same time. We have ability to deviated from the course of our own good for the sake of experiencing all that can be experienced; we are not quite in agreement with what we think we should do. We always try to explore what we can do, and this is the principle issue with us.

Answer 4

I don't think were really that different from other species. We mainly show the indifference towards nature all species do. If anything we have gained enough power to affect our world more directly thus causing the phenomenon of environmental concern. Per harps others species develop similar mechanisms. It's just a matter of scale.
To take it a step further ' the only true balance comes through void.

Answer 5

Good question.
I think many people ignore the idea that our brains are not the only kinds of intelligent brains there can be. We might have evolved to hate death of all kind. We might have evolved to exploit absolutely everyhting around us with no hesitation. We seem to be in some middle ground: some humans more compassionate than others.

Our brains helped us survive to the point where we could pass on our genes and ensure the survival of the next generation. Anything beyond that is culture. Sometimes biting the hand that fed us worked, sometimes it didn't.

Answer 6

So how would you explain the lion that kills the cubs of the previous alpha male when he takes over? The black widow spider that eats its partner after copulation? The alligator that eats its young? The red deer that overpopulate their habitat, then eat all their food reserve for the winter, and die off?... I could go on with cases in which animals don't behave in a way that serves nature. How can you say we are the only creature that behaves that way? If anything, nature proves we are not special in our lack of forseight, and that the world doesn't always make sense.

Answer 7

Great question!

I think it is not the intelligence as such... it is the pride we have for being the most intelligent..... it is more a case of ego satisfaction through demonstration of power of intelligence rather than greed or desires which are the obvious causal factors... but it is this ego which is the root cause. If we were ignorant, we should have learned by now with repeated experience of the disaster going against nature means. If we were intelligent but not with bloated ego, we would have easily understood the risks of going against the nature and abstained better.

Answer 8

Fantastic question. But perhaps it is none of the things you ask. Perhaps we have been so impressed with our own intelligence that we have failed to see that we were reaping the planet like a plague of locust. But you must also realise the we "greater beings" do now know what damage we have caused and have been attempting to improve the situation.
I think instead of pointing the finger at our selves and saying shame on us that we should ask an important question.. what role do we play on earth, everything is connected and dependant on something to survive/sustain life but what are we needed for what role do we play.
I think we have just began to learn our role the one thing that makes us truely unique we have the power to save and preserve this planet & all life on it.

Answer 9

Excellent question!!!!

I do think in the overall view of things, compared to the overall universe, we are in the insect stage of evolution. Unfortunately, it mostly the destructiveness of a few and the uneducated that follow them.

I do feel though if people were educated, 98% would do whats right for the world. Most come in with a pure spirit.

PS: Cancer is mostly caused by the body reacting to something foreign (as in man made).

Answer 10

it's the intelligence that makes us want to make choices for ourselves alongside or against nature.
however ignorance does play a part in this but a very small part.
so it's nothing to worry about.