Monkeys Pay to See Female Monkey Bottoms

Monkeys Pay to See Female Monkey Bottoms

Back to the issue of humanity: I've said before that those who believe that being human is a natural superiority over--or fundamental difference in kind from--animals are doomed to animal behavior, and only by recognizing that one is an animal first can one hope to rise to the level of humanity, as we typically understand it, with its higher level of understanding and far-sighted, socially-responsible ideals.

In this experiment we see that we can add vicarious, visually-based social hierarchy study (gossip magazines and personality-based TV) as well as pornography enjoyment to the already long list of attributes we share with other animals.

Being human not animal requires recognizing what one is and reordering one's values and actions in accordance with a philosophy that includes the data of our nature as well as the ideal of our goal. Simply desiring to be superior in some way and denying one's natural state is not enough to elevate an animal into a human.

That was harder to express than I had anticipated. I'll try again.