"I consider that we are still monkeys; we just came down from the trees rather recently, and it’s astonishing how well we can do. The fact that we can even write down partial differential equations, let alone solve them, to me is a miracle. The fact that we ourselves at the moment have very limited understanding of things doesn’t surprise me at all. I propose that our universe is the most interesting of all possible universes, and our fate as human beings is to make it so." -- Freeman Dyson.
@Wintermute21 Technically a common ancestor of modern man and modern monkeys.
But hey, you knew that. ;)
@Dianora Yes I did, but still an important distinction. :)
@Wintermute21 Hey "if we evolved from monkeys why are there still monkeys around!?" *cough*
@Dianora lulz. God I hate that argument.
@Dianora true, that is pretty nasty. Because it just boils down to "I'm going to believe what I want anyway regardless of anyone else's arguments."
@Wintermute21 I consider it just another way to express solipsism. Not useful.
@Wintermute21 It has become quite a joke. ;) I think overall I hate presuppositionalism more. ;)