POINT/COUNTERPOINT: "IF BIRDS HAD CONSCIOUSNESS IN THE WAY HUMANS DO THEY WOULD BECOME THE DOMINANT SPECIES OF THIS PLANET BECAUSE THEY COULD DO ANYTHING TO US AND FLY AWAY BEFORE WE HAD THE CHANCE TO RETALIATE" VS. "OUR CAPACITY FOR FINE MOTOR CONTROL AND OUR OPPOSABLE THUMBS GIVE US ACCESS TO TOOLS AND METHODS THAT WOULD DEFEAT BIRDS, EVEN IF THEY HAD A CAPACITY FOR PROBLEM-SOLVING MATCHING OURS"