As an example of a scientism (see yesterday's post) kind of claim, here is a statement from a 2012 article in Huffington Post:
" . . a prominent group of scientists has declared that humans are not unique in ways that matter." The author is PETA co-founder Ingrid Newkirk who goes on to list similarities between various animals and humans to justify equating them in a moral sense.
But morality is just the kind of thing that really separates people and animals. We can and must condemn humans who treat animals inhumanely, but we can't condemn animals who treat other animals unkindly. It's inappropriate.
A so-called "prominent group of scientists" is just not enough authority to convince me that humans are no more special than animals. They can make whatever measurements they wish, but morality and a person's spirit are not subject to material measurement.
Scientists are out of their depth in saying that humanity's uniqueness does not "matter."
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