“Animals could evolve to speak and live as equals”
Agree
- Evolution is unpredictable
- We evolved this way
- Intelligence emerging everywhere
- Given enough time anything possible
- Already see tool use spreading
Disagree
- Millions of years required
- Human impact prevents this
- Language requires specific biology
- Evolution has no direction
- Extremely unlikely scenario
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