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Pinnacle Species

A Pinnacle Species is a species with the ability for fine-grained manipulation of physical reality (e.g., a species with an opposing thumb).

Related Terms

Evolutionary Theory >

Notes

Because a pinnacle species has the ability to manipulate physical creation, only a pinnacle species has the potential to create the technology required to develop World Systems capable of achieving Stage Eight (see Evolutionary Stages))

"Potential" does not always translate into reality. Many things can go wrong on the evolutionary path towards Graduation.

A pinnacle species is not a superior species. Dolphins, though highly intelligent and empathic, are not a pinnacle species because they cannot manipulate physical matter. Dolphin life, in fact all life, is no less significant or important than the life of the pinnacle species.

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-A '''Pinnacle Species''' is a planet's "top" species. A pinnacle species is the species with a physical apparatus capable of managing, controlling, and protecting a planet's resources. The single requirement of a pinnacle species is that it must have an opposable thumb, or some other physical apparatus that makes fine-grained manipulation of physical matter possible.
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-Dolphins, though highly intelligent and empathic, are not a pinnacle species because they cannot manipulate physical matter.
+Because a pinnacle species has the ability to manipulate physical creation, only a pinnacle species has the potential to create the technology required to develop [[World System]]s capable of achieving Stage Eight (see [[Evolutionary Stages]]))
+"Potential" does not always translate into reality. Many things can go wrong on the evolutionary path towards [[Graduation]].
+A pinnacle species is not a superior species. Dolphins, though highly intelligent and empathic, are not a pinnacle species because they cannot manipulate physical matter. Dolphin life, in fact all life, is no less significant or important than the life of the pinnacle species.
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