Quite subtly, humans, when they think about it, can imagine possible futures that might have occurred, if certain events, including decisions, had or had not taken place. Apropos of this, I propose that we recast humans as, not Homo sapiens, humans the wise, but as Homo habilis sententia, humans the meaning makers. Humans attribute meaning to past events; they interpret the present; and they give meaning to potential futures. Meaning making is perhaps what distinguishes humans from all other creatures.
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