[det dweller too]

I think that is the key. Man is where he is because he can [sometimes] think. every other life form simply reacts to external stimulus. Man [please spare the PC feminist BS] can think and that gives him a chance to get out of his worldly traps. I say sometimes because any observer of daytime TV would have to conclude that sentient life has not quite reached earth. We are physically capable but not culturally capable of cognitive thought.

[TheErnFormerlyKnownAsBig]

My wife thinks it's because we can make fudge.

[Wonder Warthog]

"I think that is the key. Man is where he is because he can [sometimes] think. every other life form simply reacts to external stimulus."

Balderdash. My female Corgi schemes with the best of them. It ain't all "reacting to external stimulus".