Melissa+Yang+RP+Post+2

1. Are we in fact, more intelligent than animals? 2. Are animals smarter than humans? 3. Various opinions on the topic, people post their opinions on debate.org 4. www.debate.org/opinions/are-animals-smarter-than-humans 5. Website 6. S: various opinions O: when discussing/pondering the intelligence of animals v humans A: anyone interested in the topic/has an opinion on the topic P: to show different views and give insight on the topic S: are animals smarter than humans Tone: subjective, informative 7. This source provides insight on both sides of this topic. It makes it easy to see what other people think about the matter and why they have that opinion. 8. No main point since there are various "authors". Debate.org may be showing that there are various opinions on the topic and what the majority of people believe. 9. I'm not too much persuaded by any of the different opinions I read. However I think they are good starting points to help me further investigate and research. 10. "Other animals can communicate and love and learn just as we can, the only thing that makes us special is that we act as a virus; working together to slowly destroy our host (this earth and clearly the life upon it.) "The fact that we don't understand them and they don't understand us doesn't mean their dumb, and doesn't mean our intelligence level is higher than theirs. For example when some one is foreign and they don't speak the language you speak doesn't make then dumb you just don't understand them that's all." "Humans in a nutshell are better at manipulating their environment. We strive to make our lives easier." "The fact that humans even have empathy for other inferior animals shows that we have an understanding of life and death that other animals do not have."

   