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Post by egon1982 on May 16, 2019 3:21:51 GMT
The ears, the appearance or brains?
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Post by RiP, IMDb on May 16, 2019 3:54:17 GMT
The ears, the appearance or brains?
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Post by RiP, IMDb on May 16, 2019 3:55:30 GMT
The ears, the appearance or brains? Gorillas come the closest in looks but are hairer and stronger. BUT NOT as intelligent.
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Post by egon1982 on May 16, 2019 4:03:20 GMT
The ears, the appearance or brains? What about fictional Xenos (extraterrestrial folk or magical creature folk), cyborgs/androids, furries (animal humanoid people like in furry fandom artworks and Bojack Horseman) and mutants? they are people who are different and all and equals to humans. Even though Xenos do exist somewhere in the universe.
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Post by Catman 猫的主人 on May 16, 2019 4:10:33 GMT
The ability to scoop out the litter pan.
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Post by rachelcarson1953 on May 16, 2019 6:24:28 GMT
The ability to scoop out the litter pan. And the ability to open a can of cat food!
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Post by nausea on May 16, 2019 9:21:07 GMT
temptation is a mothfucka.
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Post by Fox in the Snow on May 16, 2019 11:14:55 GMT
Awareness of our own mortality
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Post by Feologild Oakes on May 16, 2019 12:15:19 GMT
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Post by Spike Del Rey on May 16, 2019 13:01:16 GMT
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Post by ᵗʰᵉᵃᵘˣᵖʰᵒᵘ on May 16, 2019 13:05:49 GMT
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Post by egon1982 on May 16, 2019 14:16:24 GMT
What makes the color of our skin different?
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Post by lenlenlen1 on May 16, 2019 14:19:34 GMT
What makes a human a human? Too many things to count.
Once you think you've got it nailed down, some other thought comes into play to question what it really means to be human.
This brings up the recent thread about robots/androids. What would make them human? Many of us decided that aside from the fact that their bodies might be made of plastics that they would pretty much be human, as long as they had at least human level intelligence and an emotional life as well.
I would imagine that if the plastics that their bodies are made of make them look exactly like people, in every way, that we would accept them as human even more so. Appearance matters so much to us. we're a visual species after all.
But then if we spent enough time with this human looking android we would notice that in its personality and behavior that its not human. Things would start to seep through and we'd notice the difference. So emotion and capacity also matter.
It's got to be a combination of many things that finally add up to be being human.
But maybe you're talking about what makes a person a good and kind human being? In that case, who knows? People can through exactly the same experiences and end up being totally different people.
On the other hand there are some humans I don't consider human, so...
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Post by lenlenlen1 on May 16, 2019 14:26:55 GMT
The ability to scoop out the litter pan. Ah, yes, of course! As always the Catman hits it right on the bingo!
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Post by rachelcarson1953 on May 16, 2019 17:10:03 GMT
Awareness of our own mortality "Since that fateful day when stinking bits of slime crawled from the sea and shouted to the cold stars, 'I am man', our greatest dread has always been the knowledge of our mortality." Dr. Friedrich Frankenstein, Young Frankenstein (1974) before hoisting his 'creation' up into the lightning. A grain of truth imbedded in a comedic gem.
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Post by marth on May 16, 2019 18:47:50 GMT
The ability to learn from our own failures.
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Post by hi224 on May 16, 2019 18:48:18 GMT
everything.
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Post by Lebowskidoo 🎄😷🎄 on May 16, 2019 19:07:34 GMT
Empathy, compassion, intelligence and the ability to know right from wrong.
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