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countWSS ◴[] No.43748585[source]
Does the idea that "only humans can recognize shapes" sounds ridicolously outdated? Its like "Science confirms animals feel pain".
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1. xandrius ◴[] No.43748860[source]
It does but one has to hold a belief for it to be eventually confirmed or denied.

Many people historically and presently see themselves as the pinnacle of a godly creation, so they put humans above everything and anything, meaning that most perspectives to validate or not are about how unique we are. It might be annoying or backwards but at least there are people out there still willing to chip at it, one study at a time.