<![CDATA[Friday Talking Points [84] -- The Rockets' Red Glare, The Bombs Bursting In Air]]>

1.0 link 225609 <![CDATA[Friday Talking Points [84] -- The Rockets' Red Glare, The Bombs Bursting In Air]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/chris-weigant/friday-talking-points-84_b_225609.html What separates humans from animals can be summed up as one simple thing -- the mastery of fire. Even "using tools" doesn't cut it anymore, as apes have been shown to use their own tools to achieve their own modest goals. When you get right down to it, the sole dividing line between us and the other creatures which crawl this planet can be drawn at the mastery of fire. Animals are still scared of fire. Humans, now, are not.

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