Geoffrey Purcell wrote:
>
> Re technology:- People have been trying for ages to find out the one unique 
> innate quality or cultural behaviour  that separates humans from all other 
> animals, and have  failed time and again,  as it was found that things like 
> laughter and tool-use etc. are present in other species too. Crows are well-
> known to frequently  use tools:-
>
> http://tinyurl.com/3qhuz
>   

How about lying?

Or, maybe better (or worse), how about faith?

William