The editor is dispirited by the sad state of humanity.
Hili: Sometimes I fall into a reverie.
A: What about?
Hili: How did a human get the idea that he was the most intelligent of all creatures?
In Polish:
Hili: Czasem wpadam w zadumę.
Ja: Nad czym?
Hili: Jak człowiek wpadł na ten pomysł, że jest najbardziej inteligentny ze wszystkich stworzeń?
But, Hili, we ARE intelligent! We love cats and are their willing slaves. Surely that’s a sign of great brain power?
Yes…but not necessarily as much as demonstrated by the cats themselves….
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I was comparing the two versions of Hili’s conversation when I noticed the word ‘creature’.
Why am I surprised that Creationism is literally imbedded in the language? Take that, Atheists!
Interesting point.
@ JohannieCanuck – One of my stories for kids started with a description of sun rise over Torun (a birth place of Nicolaus Copernicus). In the next paragraph I was showing a reasoning of a four year old boy, explaining to me that “sun rise” is just a stupid expression. Modern preschool kids could successfully defend Galileo. We need more children stories to make those kids aware that language contains lots of old superstitions.