We always say that we have developed, evolved, become better throughout our own history, or throughout the last century or decade or whatever measure we usually use. But actually, have we? What I mean is: Have we actually developed as human beings; as sentient creatures; than any other animal? Have we?
Why don't we reach the level of the great intellectuals and artists and scientists and all the others whose achievement we take into our own credit? Yes, we actually do that. All the progress we say we have attained is actually attained by those people. We don't even understand them or follow them or even appreciate them in the right way (no,