From the article: In the end, we become like cats thanks to an indifferent world. Only humans invent stories that reflect reality not whatsoever. Our brains chronically fill in knowledge gaps; those gaps often offer incorrect assessments. Existence is conditional to our environment regardless of how we try to manipulate it in our favor. You can only exploit nature for so long before she grows bored or angered by our tinkering—but there we go assigning human traits to a process that will never play by our rules.
This the cat knows—by not knowing, or caring, at all.
"political philosopher John Gray. The former London School of Economics and Political Science professor has written influential books on global capitalism (bad) and atheism (good). "
Sounds like he might be a wee bit delussional
"Only humans invent stories that reflect reality not whatsoever. "
No true. I have seen horses spook from shadows. And dogs get tricked by a slight of hand magic trick with a treat.
May have been more accurate to say humans invent the most elaborate stories, but I cant say with certanty even that is true.
