First, I take issue with your definition of "human". I think it should include all members of the
Homo line, not just the sapient ones. And beings from "a distant planet" are definitely
not "human", regardless of how sapient they might be.
Second, none of your examples of "specialness" are valid. Interspecies empathy/sympathy does seem to exist, many species use technology, etc.
We may be "special" in some ways, but other species are special in other ways.
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