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 @6aa62169 @:ihavenomouth:  if we were all identical and constantly brain-to-brain connected there would be no misunderstandings :schizoTroll: 
 @cassidyclown @:ihavenomouth:  @6aa62169 i know this is more a shitpost but that would seriously suck. diversity(not the misused variant) is a good thing. ants - they rise and fall for one purpose: reproduction. there's not much to that. we might perceive it as the beauty of nature, yada yada yada, but they don't think: they simply act upon their ultimate purpose.

for us humans the difference of our experiences make each other unique and makes the human experience more, well, diverse. if we were all the same there would be no need to think, and humans would be simply sex machines that reproduce every 15 years or so(i forgot when a homo sapiens becomes fertile). is that what we want? for some alien creature that might be interesting to watch. humans having sex might even be a good taxidermy ornament on the stucco on the wall. i sure as hell don't want that. 
 @​ @:ihavenomouth:  @6aa62169 nothing new would ever be created 
 @​ @:ihavenomouth:  @6aa62169 (this is what they want btw) 
 @cassidyclown @​ @6aa62169 this is what I mean when I call modern society quasi-eusocial