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Old 04-22-2008, 10:28 PM   #9 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Nick Treklis View Post
Not neccessarily. For instance, a tree is better at providing shade than a flower is, or I'm better at reasoning than a cow.
You are assuming a purpose.
I would agree the tree sheds more shade but is it a better shade?
Similarly a cow's reasoning ...
Anthropomorphising the cow for a moment ...
The cow might argue that all your reasoning capabilty would be a total waste on being a cow.

Now if you said that your reasoning capability was better than mine, then we could have a debate ...
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