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Talk:Just another species (view source)
Revision as of 17:50, January 19, 2012
, 17:50, January 19, 2012to Rachel, with thanks
Obviously, you don't view humans as "just another species" in the moral sense, and neither do I. I think that is a harmful belief when it is applied philosophically or morally. However, on the physical level, our bodies obey all of the same scientific laws that other animals do and operate in much the same way as other animals. It would be inappropriate for scientists to treat humans as something fundamentally separate from the animals when in the course of scientific research.[[User:RachelW|RachelW]] 12:44, 19 January 2012 (EST)
Obviously, you don't view humans as "just another species" in the moral sense, and neither do I. I think that is a harmful belief when it is applied philosophically or morally. However, on the physical level, our bodies obey all of the same scientific laws that other animals do and operate in much the same way as other animals. It would be inappropriate for scientists to treat humans as something fundamentally separate from the animals when in the course of scientific research.[[User:RachelW|RachelW]] 12:44, 19 January 2012 (EST)
:Well, of course it makes sense to describe the [[human body]] in terms of [[vertebrate]]s and [[mammal]]s. But biologists and other scientists often take this too far.
:By the way, I'm thinking of putting your last sentence into the body of the article. --[[User:Ed Poor|Ed Poor]] <sup>[[User talk:Ed Poor|Talk]]</sup> 12:50, 19 January 2012 (EST)