Natural Science Forum / Biology / Paleontology / February 2005

It is fun to be an animal, but far from fun to be human.

This is because we are living in the wrong context.

The context of the animal is the physical world, and they interact
effortlessly.

We have a mental context of race, religion, country, class etc.

When lab rats are allowed to breed unchecked, with a limited food supply,
the result is cannibalism.  Hierarchy is better.