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Was it a mistake for humans to evolve advanced sapience? (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 1 week ago by Preventer79@sh.itjust.works to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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For one, It's almost universial for us to stress over the future, idealize our childhoods, bemoan the state of society, and be obsessed with and sometimes even claim to spiritually be animals.

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[–] owenfromcanada@lemmy.ca 23 points 1 week ago (1 children)

In the beginning the Universe was created. This had made many people very angry and has been widely regarded as a bad move.

[–] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 15 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I think a better quote would be

Many were increasingly of the opinion that they'd all made a big mistake coming down from the trees in the first place, and some said that even the trees had been a bad move and that no one should ever have left the oceans.

[–] owenfromcanada@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 week ago

Ah, I forgot about that one. Definitely better.

[–] UltraGiGaGigantic@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

oceans

Moisturized, floating in place. The world's biggest basement.