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Originally Posted by cheerfulgreek
At first I was being sarcastic with her about the in vitro fertilization, because she kept going on and on about humans and apes being so closely related, so I brought up the dog and wolf example, along with other questions I had. I was just trying to get her to think about what she was saying. So yes, at first I was kidding a little until I started thinking about what I was kidding about.
I had questions, because I felt that some of the information she provided was inaccurate. She was making it seem like though chimps are a different species from us, that we're considered to be cousins.
She said that our DNA are very close as if we came from them.  I felt that she wasn't understanding what biological species concept really is. I had questions, because biological species concept bases it's classification on reproductive compatibility. Organisms that can successfully reproduce together are considered to be of the same species, and those that can't reproduce together are a different species. There's only one living human species. Us. Of course the bio species concept definition leaves a lot to be desired because many closely related organisms can interbreed yet are clearly different enough to be separate species, which is why I sarcastically brought up the in vitro fertilization to her. |
None of this is appropriate for a ZOO TOUR. So, yeah, you were being a pain in the ass.
Regardless of our career specializations and our interests, you have to know when to
turn it off. I know which settings I can have certain discussions, ask probing questions, and challenge people when they say something that I
know is incorrect based on research or something concrete. People say incorrect things all the time and, even when I pretend like I'm joking, challenging people everytime I
can (which is all the time, usually) is being a pain in the ass.
If you had said "we're not really cousins, though," that would've been better than going on and on about something that you know she didn't really know about.
Turn it off the next time you partake in a zoo tour.