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AtheistCrusader

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11. I would say less raw capacity

Reply to 2naSalit (Reply #1)

Tue Apr 26, 2016, 01:26 PM

Apr 2016

They can't do as much as we can, but evolution provides; what they do, they do extremely fast and well.

And far more creatures than we thought have the spare processing power to wonder, dream, and play, etc.

Zoos make me uncomfortable. I'm no longer satisfied those animals don't know they are in prison.

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