TheStaffmaster@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 2 days agoSaying Primates have "human like qualities" is precisely the inverse of what's going on. Human's do "primate things" not the other way around. [Behaviour]message-squaremessage-square28fedilinkarrow-up1182arrow-down115
arrow-up1167arrow-down1message-squareSaying Primates have "human like qualities" is precisely the inverse of what's going on. Human's do "primate things" not the other way around. [Behaviour]TheStaffmaster@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 2 days agomessage-square28fedilink
minus-squarefizzle@quokk.aulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11arrow-down1·2 days agoI can see what OP is getting at but it’s really an argument around semantics, and sentence structure. For example, we don’t say “Some fruits are similar to Apples”, because it sounds daft and it’s redundant. On the other hand saying “Pears are similar to Apples” is of course fine, and helpful to someone who’s never seen a Pear. Like most shower thoughts, they’re pointing out something obvious, but in an emotive way. “Primates aren’t like us, we are like them!”
minus-squareapfelwoiSchoppen@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·edit-22 days agoIn terms of biology, specifically botany, we do say some fruits are similar to apples. This comparison seems like a biological one too.
minus-squareBluescluestoothpaste@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 days agoIt’s important to combat anthropocentric bias. Primates came first we’re actually the newest ones, so if we share behaviors, they did it first and we copied them.
I can see what OP is getting at but it’s really an argument around semantics, and sentence structure.
For example, we don’t say “Some fruits are similar to Apples”, because it sounds daft and it’s redundant.
On the other hand saying “Pears are similar to Apples” is of course fine, and helpful to someone who’s never seen a Pear.
Like most shower thoughts, they’re pointing out something obvious, but in an emotive way. “Primates aren’t like us, we are like them!”
In terms of biology, specifically botany, we do say some fruits are similar to apples. This comparison seems like a biological one too.
It’s important to combat anthropocentric bias. Primates came first we’re actually the newest ones, so if we share behaviors, they did it first and we copied them.