Human Superiority. Man is the most intelligent species on the planet etc...

I am happy you mentioned those amazing points. My opponent claims that my questions are insignificant. (That may be a human intelligence thing) It takes time to understand a language different from your own. I find those questions important and I believe they provoked the response that I desired. I think my Opponent has failed to read the very first phrase of the title. Human Superiority It then reads Most Intelligent. .. Etc. . I used the most common argument used for a Pro Human Superiority stance in the title and added the etc. .. for whatever other proof of superiority that pro might have. Not to make Intelligence the focal point. Clarified. Rebuttals/Answers: I would like to affirm Pro's statement" for some of us, intelligence and the gathering of knowledge is not for the betterment or progress of the species, but for either just the betterment of ourselves, or simply for our own curiosity. The betterment of our species is merely a side effect. "This is very true, except the final sentence. Nearly all of mans knowledge is found through curiosity or for the betterment of the individual. This selfishness inherent to man negatively effects the planet. The betterment of our species is merely a side effectwhich barely occurs and is rarely sought after. Going to the moon is quite amazing and if technology makes it habitable that may give way to a new age of colonization. But as of right now, This is the only place where we can survive. Our superior intelligence and reason as Pro would have it, leads us to short term desire that threatens our very existence. We are in a race against our own self destruction, while flaunting a superior intelligence. Our so-called knowledge is nothing more than observation and destruction as a means of creating less stable copies of what already exists. The building will never be better shelter than the cave. The Airplane has destroyed humans through crashing and bombings, Each creation has done harm to mankind whether directly or environmentally, so the benefit in my view is no achievement. The "breaking down the walls of evolution" is temporary and short sighted. Technology is no sub-group of intelligence, it is an effect of curiosity. Our creations are a fulfillment of a unique human desire that is not shared by animal or plant. We compare intelligence by testing animal by having them engage in our desires. The baboon warns the animals of the jungle when predators prowl. This is an example of inter-species communication. The strengths of animal life and plant life are within their ability to communicate. Their ability to understand the planet itself and live a somewhat harmonious existence, rarely abusing their surroundings. This is the application of intelligence. This is the example of a greater intelligence. Essentially during life the only thing that a life form does is communicate, consume, contribute and populate. Man is under the assumption that attainment of knowledge is through a magnifying glass or spacecraft. If the animal can communicate with the single celled organism does he need a looking glass to know it exists? Of course I can't prove that the animal can actually do that, or that plant life can travel freely through a dimension unnoticed by us. However, there are signs that would lead me to believe the possibility is more likely than eternal life for man. I can theorize, since most human intelligence begins in theory. Let’s move away from human perception by first embracing some facts and then touching some possibilities. It seems to me that plants have understood the true concept of individuality and separation for betterment of species(reason). This would prove an advanced intelligence deep rooted in to the soil and unwavering. They have evolved in to many species, and are absolutely sub-conscious and without the limitation of the human brain* (capacity for learning). The human brain makes decisions based on a single stimulus no more advanced than the Acacia. Plants are the most important thing on our planet, objectively. The prior statement is enough to prove superiority alone if left uncontested. Plant life will outlive all life forms that inhabit this planet. The Acacia is a good example of a form of plant life that communicates and protects itself. . http://www.dailymotion.com...This is intelligence. Mental activity is proven by the electrical signals it sends that release the toxins. The principal concern of plant life is growth! They are not self-destructive and they don’t intentionally hurt the surrounding life. The narrator in the video calls the electrical signals sent by a plants nervous system primitive because of the acacias lack of nerve cells. I beg to differ and would like to opine that the human mind is at creative peak while sleeping,the brain sends certain "inhibitory" signals to the rest of the body, and the only muscles that move are those for breathing and eye movement. An electrical signal can be just as advanced as that of the specialized nerve cells of humans. In fact Nerve cells make us more vulnerable and inferior. Who would fear destruction if they could not feel it? I chose the following article because it shows mans avoidance of studying the electric signals in animal & plant life. I contest that its caused by the fear of proving ourselves to be more similar than we would like to accept. . http://www.dailymotion.com... As Alfred Adler once said; Superiority complex is compensation for an inferiority complex. One last thing Pro said; “another is being able to go from the depths of the bottom of the ocean to the peak of Mount Everest. Or from the Poles to the Equator. ” I disagree with this statement creature has migrated for billions of years and plants are everywhere. Yes man can travel at will but at an expense. Animal roams the earth naturally and without negative causation. We also do not know much about the ocean at all. I know you have heard the phrase “we know more about the surface of Mars, than the bottom of our ocean”. Pro's statements are a false representation of man’s ability and further shows their inferiority to its coexisting neighbors. Questions: My past questions were called insignificant. I will try harder to achieve significance. Pro says; “Of course other animals are capable of knowledge” Was that taken out of context? Knowing Right & Wrong and choosing the Wrong makes you less intelligent. My question then for Pro would have to be; Do you have anything other than technology and travel to prove man’s superiority? Two people going to the moon over 40 years ago is not grounds for recognizing superiority. Neither is the destructive technology that has proven to be more of a selfish detriment than benefit. Do you believe it is in humanities best interest to continue to create “things” and travel for leisure at the risk of our future and every other species on the planet? P. s – I would appreciate honest answers as opposed to dismissals and maybe even an actual question from youVote: Con