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Originally Posted by KnifeMissile
I had a whole wealth of interesting questions posed to you that could have been the start of some interesting dialogue. Why did you quietly ignore them?
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Which questions? In the "Why can't anyone prove ghosts?" thread?
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Originally Posted by KnifeMissile
However, I'm curious to know if you would still consider language a part of our intellect if you knew it was instinctual and not something we figured out?
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I'm not sure what you're getting at, here. Whatever, we humans have surely – through research and invention, i.e. via our intellect, not our instincts – advanced in leaps in bounds in our ability to communicate with one another, e.g. engraving, writing, printing, telegraphs, signal flags, telephones, televisions, the Internet.
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Originally Posted by KnifeMissile
The point I was making with the video is that we're just as superstitious as those brilliant animals: pigeons...
In many respects, we're still very stupid animals...
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For humans, superstition is a state of mind. It's not so much linked to our intelligence as it is, our emotions and our subconscious. Superstition can also be due to cultural influences, and individuals who know better may participate in superstitious beliefs and acts just to get along with their peers. Whatever, an individual can rise above it, if he chooses to. (Unless his superstition is a form of obsessive-compulsive disorder, and then it's a deeply rooted psychological problem that's not so easily left behind.)