The consiousness we have is just made up of our five senses and a general feeling of being self aware. But, if you really think about it, its all in the brain brain and brain... Our brain programmes us to think this way that is why we think this way our brain programmes us to feel desire therefore we feel desire... Our brain is organic but if you break it down to parts its not really any difference to any mechanical machine we create...
2006-12-31 15:56:04 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Social Science ➔ Psychology
Objection here ...
Humans Can think for themselves.
We also have the ability to make our own choices.
We also can learn to recognize right from wrong ...
We are certainly Not robots, who can do nothing on their own ....
Humans---Just Higher Animals? :
- Who Are We?
- - - What Is the Purpose of Life?
- - - What We Believe Makes a Difference
- In the Image of God or Beast?
- - - Where We Differ From Animals
- - - A Gulf Too Wide to Bridge?
- - - A Shaky Theory
- - - Woeful Consequences
- - - Worship the Creation or the Creator?
- Looking Up, Not Down for Answers
- - - Animal Genes or Flawed Genes?
- - - Why We Don't Want to Die
- - - Made to Live Forever
- - - A New World Based on Love
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Ethical Decisions:
- A Trait Distinctively Human
- What Is Meant By Ethics?
http://www.watchtower.org/library/w/2004/12/1/article_01.htm *
Right and Wrong How Should You Decide?
- Differing Opinions
- Is Popular Opinion a Trustworthy Guide?
- Can You Trust Your Own Judgment?
- Finding the Strength to Do Good
http://www.watchtower.org/library/w/2004/12/1/article_02.htm *
The Wonderful Gift of Free Will
- How We Are Made
- The Best Start
- Freedom Within Limits
- Whose Laws?
http://www.watchtower.org/library/dg/article_05.htm
http://www.watchtower.org/library/dg/index.htm?article=article_05.htm
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2006-12-31 16:25:17 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
I disagree - it's not all in the brain, and it is different from a manmade mechanism. Our brain isn't all that "programmes" us to feel desire (or anything else). If you focus all your attention on brain, other parts will eventually make your life intolerable.
Besides the 'five' senses (hearing, smell/taste, sight, touch), we also have proprioception, kinesthesia, emotional sensitivity, etc.
If you break it down to parts, can you put it back together and get it running again, like a machine?
We exist within enormous social organisms that, as individuals, we cannot fathom. We are not just individuals. At present, human beings are more adaptable and more useful overall than machines. (Although if Marvin Minsky has his way, this might change).
2006-12-31 16:19:32 · answer #2 · answered by Eclectic_N 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, but we are self aware; machines are not, yet. I think you are confusing two levels of analysis; the ultimate and proximate. It is true that we are nothing more than meat puppets, in an ultimate sense. In a proximate, everyday sense, the love you feel for your near and dear is very real and quite different than any mechanical machine we create.
2006-12-31 16:24:34 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You know I believe you are right about alot of this except for those that have a brave spirit and a good soul. We rebel against all that progamming because we use our free will to fight those powers of the Matrix. Human's trying to program and control us are the robot's and they are being controlled themselves but their egos won't let them believe that about themselves. Personally I think those people belong to Satan. Happy New Year.
2006-12-31 16:46:11 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Animals are closer to robots because their behavior are dictated by their needs.
Humans, on the other hand, are different from robots because we can choose to do things. We have free will. We can think. We can make choices.
2006-12-31 16:35:14 · answer #5 · answered by Elvensong 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I know the brain makes us feel pain, good questions, so your kind of asking us if we are aliens like in Scientology. Maybe, not sure, you have my interest now.
2006-12-31 16:01:29 · answer #6 · answered by amazon 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
ok Our Brain makes you think and feel that way but Our Brain isnt programmed by anyone like robots are.
We learn and be what we want to be, not what others want us to be
2006-12-31 16:47:04 · answer #7 · answered by Kendra 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yeah,Haven't you heard that man is the best machine or robot if you wish?
2006-12-31 15:58:48 · answer #8 · answered by roughdude_16 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If we were able to use all our brain capacity at one time we probably could fly and do supernatural things!
2006-12-31 16:24:01 · answer #9 · answered by Carol H 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
We're something like robots. Society programs us.
2006-12-31 16:04:37 · answer #10 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋