OH yeah, they're monkeys.

I'm starting to think that humans are just a bunch of primates. I mean it seems like clearly we are descendant from other primates. But I mean even now, we still are, just like them. Cruelly we've gained the ability to see beyond our current state without gaining the advancements in our basic behavioral patterns to get there. we just form groups and beat each others brains out for pieces of the forest. We don't need reason or logic to make these distinctions, the pleasure we get from feeling like we're part of a group is enough to override any concerns like whether what we're doing makes sense, or is best for us or the human race. If we have to feel like part of a group, why not all of humanity? Or beings in the universe, or beyond? Wouldn't we make better decisions for everybody based on that outlook? But no. We just watch gossip (because we're so concerned with social interactions and standings in relation to others) we form groups arbitrarily and disparage others who we feel don't fit in with what we believe ourselves to be a part of. We fight and kill over differences of opinion, or for differences in the way we look, or where we popped out of a woman's belly (like in Alien). Instead of spending our time and money on refinement and advancement, most of it is spent in large tribal/territorial wars. Maybe our purpose now as a species is to create a new form of life that will actually make use of the knowledge we've discovered so far, without jabbing spears up each others arseholes first.