No, as thrilled as it sounds, humanity won because of the power of love and empathy. Forming long term commitments to each other, caring for the young, old and sick. Even going as far as bonding with other creatures. (Intelligence and stuff came as a consequence of us being so social and interconnected)Evolutionarily speaking, there's a reason why humans won out in the end. It wasn't opposable thumbs or tools that did it.
It was pattern recognition.
Never apologize for recognizing patterns when you see them.
This too does not narrow it down much.I think what’s been reasonably said has been said in that thread and there’s nothing left now.
Its all love @Whizbang Dustyboots @Mannahnin but I'm out before I am struck down.
I mean, I take your point, but we also are far from the only social species in the world. Pattern recognition really was the key.No, as thrilled as it sounds, humanity won because of the power of love and empathy. Forming long term commitments to each other, caring for the young, old and sick. Even going as far as bonding with other creatures. (Intelligence and stuff came as a consequence of us being so social and interconnected)
Of course jerks have always existed, but as long as the nice outnumbered the jerks, everybody as a whole was better off.