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Re:Oliver Sacks: Sabbath by richmarr on Saturday August 15, 2015 @04:21PM (#10066701)
> That is, human beings are both things that are valued and things that value.

I'm not convinced there's enough evidence to support the claim that humans are the only species that assign value to things. Maybe I'm missing something.

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Re:Oliver Sacks: Sabbath by NhanH on Saturday August 15, 2015 @04:31PM (#10066750)
The statement that you quote does not seem to say the same things as your interpretation (it didn't say "only").
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Re:Oliver Sacks: Sabbath by pdabbadabba on Saturday August 15, 2015 @04:41PM (#10066804)
> Maybe I'm missing something.

This part?

> (and other sentient things)

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