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51. What Separates Humans From Other Animals?

No Stupid Questions

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The Quantitative Difference Between Me and a Baboon

Dalton Conley: Even if animals have rudimentary capacities, they're not nearly even an order of magnitude what we can do. "I agree that there may not be a categorical distinction," says Angela Ruhnke. But the quantitative distinction is between myself and a baboon's capacity to develop friendships; I hope mine are at a different level.

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