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[–] shneancy@lemmy.world 12 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

i don't think it's a coincidence that the only species (that we know of) that tells stories through our language is the one that's dominating the planet.

Other species have their own languages, their own methods of communication, but so far we've never seen a single one tell a story, or even lie (not counting the evolutionary instinct to play dead, that's not a conscious action).

We got very lucky twice on our evolutionary journey and with our opposable thumbs, and unbound creativity, we managed to create so much, not all of it good, but hey it wouldn't be a good story without some adversities

[–] arudesalad@sh.itjust.works 8 points 2 weeks ago

I watched a video once talking about how important storytelling is to the success of humans. I don't know what the video is called so I can't find it but it's an interesting way of thinking that I don't hear very often

[–] huppakee@lemm.ee 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

What you call lucky nature calls 'just keep ~~trying~~ mutating'

[–] shneancy@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

the only goal is to survive, evolution kinda defaults to crabs & laying a billion eggs. We got lucky to get our thumbs and brains that allowed us to not just survive but thrive! even with one or two offsprings per birth, before we got crabified somehow