Funny and counter-intuitive, If Nietzsche Were a Narwhal Reveals how Human Intelligence may actually be more of a liability than a gift, and how the Animal kingdom, in all its diversity, gets by just fine without it.
It turns out, the truth is stranger--and far more interesting--than we have been led to believe..
Destined to become a classic, If Nietzsche Were a Narwhal asks whether we are in fact the superior species.
What emerges is both demystifying and remarkable, and will change how you look at animals, humans, and the meaning of life itself.
In seven mind-bending and hilarious chapters, Gregg highlights one feature seemingly unique to humans--our use of language, our rationality, our moral systems, our so-called sophisticated consciousness--and compares it to our Animal brethren.
And, miraculously, their success arrives without the added baggage of destroying themselves and the planet in the process.
Simply put, non-Human animals don\'t need it to be successful.
As scientist Justin Gregg persuasively argues, there\'s an evolutionary reason why Human Intelligence isn\'t more prevalent in the Animal kingdom.
Understood side-by-side, Human exceptionalism begins to look more like a curse.
With our unique cognitive prowess comes severe consequences, including existential angst, violence, discrimination, and the creation of a world teetering towards climate catastrophe.
Yet, Human exceptionalism can be a double-edged sword.
We\'ve built sprawling cities and traveled across oceans--and space--and expanded to every part of the globe.
Produced incredible achievements in music, the arts, and the sciences.
We invented writing.
At first glance, Human history is full of remarkable feats of intelligence.
Funny and counter-intuitive, If Nietzsche Were a Narwhal Reveals how Human Intelligence may actually be more of a liability than a gift, and how the Animal kingdom, in all its diversity, gets by just fine without it
