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apparent | 5 days ago

> but we aren't animals

You lost me here. Good day!

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em-bee|5 days ago

you are ignoring that even among animals, and mammals specifically the amount of nurture vs nature varies a lot. some animals, especially those who are prey, are born with the capacity to run. others are born blind or weak and need more nurturing before they can get around on their own.

but no matter which animal you look at, none of them spend nearly two decades or more in training their children before letting them go off into the world. (ok, the orang utan comes close with 8-12 years, but that includes everything they ever have to learn for their life before they go off to live on their own, unlike humans who don't stop learning from their parents until they have children of their own)

how can you even argue that the influence of nature on humans is comparable to any animal in the world? regardless of the classification of humans