Many people say they refuse to believe we are descended from monkeys but there's no need to argue the point. If someone raises it, chuck a candy bar over to him with text in some other language.
Observe.
Watch how he catches it. Watch how he lifts it up to look at it. Watch as he brings it up closer to see what the hell is this language bit.
Show me something in that behavior that differs in any way from what a monkey would do.
My purpose isn't to justify evolution as it seems pretty obvious to me but some people don't believe it. So, ok.
Even if we did not evolve from monkeys - I don't believe it but maybe it's true - it's amazing how much we have in common with them.
Rasputin was my brother's monkey and it would pick the latch on its cage then jump onto the dinner table. He would inspect your plate and then grab something from it. The best was when he would grab a pea as he would bring it up to his face, just like that candy bar, and examine it before he ate it. The plate wasn't so attractive after that but it was cute to watch.
The study of behavior in this manner is called ethology and Konrad Lorenz may have made it famous as he is the one that got the ducklings to imprint on him as their mother and they followed him everywhere. He discovered the first thing the duckling sees on cracking the shell becomes identified as the mother. He's an interesting guy and you may enjoy reading his material. It's dated but it wasn't when I read it so that feels a little strange. "On Aggression" and "King Solomon's Ring" were the two of his books that interested me. The latter is the one with the ducklings.
What got me thinking about this was, seriously, that I went to use the toilet. As I approached, it seemed there might be something in it. I looked closer as wtf is that.
There is a fundamental point my curious monkey mind misses: there will never be anything in a toilet except something someone thought was so worthless that it belonged in a toilet.
That's about all the coverage the toilet needs as it just got me thinking of what curious and often dumb-ass li'l monkeys we really are.
Note: I don't provide links, references, etc to be patronizing as I read this stuff a long time ago. How should I know if people have read this stuff and maybe they would be interested to follow up on it.
Observe.
Watch how he catches it. Watch how he lifts it up to look at it. Watch as he brings it up closer to see what the hell is this language bit.
Show me something in that behavior that differs in any way from what a monkey would do.
My purpose isn't to justify evolution as it seems pretty obvious to me but some people don't believe it. So, ok.
Even if we did not evolve from monkeys - I don't believe it but maybe it's true - it's amazing how much we have in common with them.
Rasputin was my brother's monkey and it would pick the latch on its cage then jump onto the dinner table. He would inspect your plate and then grab something from it. The best was when he would grab a pea as he would bring it up to his face, just like that candy bar, and examine it before he ate it. The plate wasn't so attractive after that but it was cute to watch.
The study of behavior in this manner is called ethology and Konrad Lorenz may have made it famous as he is the one that got the ducklings to imprint on him as their mother and they followed him everywhere. He discovered the first thing the duckling sees on cracking the shell becomes identified as the mother. He's an interesting guy and you may enjoy reading his material. It's dated but it wasn't when I read it so that feels a little strange. "On Aggression" and "King Solomon's Ring" were the two of his books that interested me. The latter is the one with the ducklings.
What got me thinking about this was, seriously, that I went to use the toilet. As I approached, it seemed there might be something in it. I looked closer as wtf is that.
There is a fundamental point my curious monkey mind misses: there will never be anything in a toilet except something someone thought was so worthless that it belonged in a toilet.
That's about all the coverage the toilet needs as it just got me thinking of what curious and often dumb-ass li'l monkeys we really are.
Note: I don't provide links, references, etc to be patronizing as I read this stuff a long time ago. How should I know if people have read this stuff and maybe they would be interested to follow up on it.
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