I had been thinking about this for quite some time what defines a human as a human?, and for that matter what makes us smart?. I know these question might sound very simplistic to some but I’d like you to think about this. Education, emotions, even common sense is something we learn. Attributes we picked up through evolution/creationism take your pick, Now what if that never happened and this case I would like you to imagine a human raised from birth in a white room with no human interaction beside food and the basic necessities for life. Would something click inside the beings brain would it know emotions could is teach itself to learn and understand?.
2007-03-25 18:43:03 · 15 answers · asked by JOhNe=mc² 6 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
Our reasoning minds define us as humans. So far no other creature has acquired reason. All animals operate solely on instinct and conditioning and do not think as we would define it. Nor do they have emotions, which if you really think about it, cannot exist without thoughts, and actually thoughts and emotions are the very same thing.
2007-03-25 18:51:00 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
What makes people diverse is that we can understand our selves interior the replicate. We actually have a sinse of previous present and destiny. To be human is to recognize suitable from incorrect and choose which to persist with.
2016-12-15 08:57:59 · answer #2 · answered by unck 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Apart from being carbon based life forms with free will & the ability to evolve higher consciousness i would like to think compassion.
2007-03-25 20:13:44 · answer #3 · answered by riverdanceboi 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Humans are a unique creature compared to the rest of the known universe. We are really something. Of course this is understandable because of our Awesome God.
I Cr 13;8a
2007-03-25 18:46:57 · answer #4 · answered by ? 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Simple.
We think.
We write.
We invent.
Really. We are human because we found a way to destroy God's creations.
We DESTROY...
~animals
~plants
~the Earth, actually.
... maybe other planets and ecosystems in the future.
Am I right?
Sorry, I was in sadistic mode. Sorry... (^,^)
2007-03-25 18:54:18 · answer #5 · answered by nami-chan 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
For all too many people, I'm afraid their only distinguishing characteristic, vis-a-vis a monkey, is their lack of a tail.
In answer to your last question, "Would .... understand?", the answer is "Yes."
2007-03-25 19:01:57 · answer #6 · answered by Husker41 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the lack of Common Sense!!
2007-03-25 18:44:57 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
free will instead of just instincts
2007-03-25 18:49:04 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
finer sensitivities
2007-03-25 18:45:51 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
We have Poptarts!
2007-03-25 18:45:20 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋