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 LP Terms
Evolutionary Stages > Debacle, Evolutionary Stages, Pastoral Comfort, Pinnacle Species, Stage Six, The Great Work
Exogenous to the LP
Evolutionary Stages > Eschatology
Endogenous to the LP
The Great Work > Debacle, Evolutionary Process, Evolutionary Stages, Four Pillars of Planetary Graduation, Graduation Archetype, Guide, Guide Network, Lightning Path Curriculum, Power Archetype, The Work, World Archetype
Exogenous to the LP
The Great Work > Doctrine of the Three Times, Eschatology
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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