Q

If there’s a fact we too often forget, it’s that humans are animals, too. Our executive cognitive function, our gift of introspection, and need for greater knowledge makes us superior animals. But essentially, we are animals.

Why should we be reminded of that, does it really matter? Yes, because too often we forget our insignificance and limitations. As much as we have free will, we are shaped by circumstances, environment, impulses. There are times we see ourselves as how we are, within the scale of the universe, and be humbled by our smallness and transience.

We should surpass ourselves, but never think of ourselves as more than we really are. The human race needs some humbling from time to time.