You missed my point. I wasn't claiming that cows are as smart as humans. I was claiming that evolution has produced millions of species, only 1 of which is humans. So you can't just handwave "evolution" to validate human thinking.

Humans are likely smarter than all of the other animals, but that's a pretty low bar. The competition for "smartest Earth species" is fairly weak.

No I didn't. "Every organism alive now evolved over millions of years" but they are still very distinct.

> you can't just handwave "evolution"

If you believe the brain is part of the body, and that the body evolved, you believe _some_ part of evolutionary psychology. It's not handwaving.

That part of the article suggests that societal unrest creates say, fascist leaders, and not the other way around.

> No I didn't.

Yes, you did, because you seem to continue to think that I was arguing against the article, when in fact I was merely arguing against the comment by amadeuspagel that I replied to.

amadeuspagel was arguing against the article, claiming that these thought patterns shouldn't necessarily be considered "flaws", because they're the product of evolution. I dispute that, because non-human thinking, which we all consider to be inferior, is also a product of evolution. That's what I meant by handwaving. I do believe that humans are smarter, but I also believe that human thinking is very far from perfect, still heavily flawed. As are all products of evolution.