Poll: Are you Human?

[Prince Regent]

No, I'm dancer.

 

[greenflash]

NO...
why? because i have a time machine. that broke. then exploded. and disintergraded. wait that was a dream...

 

[TingaWinga]

Are we human
or are we dancers?

 

[C14N]

No, I'm a replicant. We're better because we can boil eggs and take them out without using tongs or a spoon or something.

 

[conflictofinterests]

I am human because I experience things as other humans do. I am human because I can take in the parameters of a problem and create a solution using a combination of all my past experiences and the past experiences of others from which I have learned. I empathize and conceptualize, therefore I am human.

 

[conflictofinterests]

Yes.
Now please stop this existential bullshit. I just got back from philosophy group with a guy who never grew out of the sulky teenager (faux)misanthropical mindset.
"Wah wah humans aren't worth anything, wah wah animals are better".
And a human-centric *****.
"Wah wah humans are claerly superior, wah wah, IQ and 'LOVE', wah wah"

Murderous rage doesn't even come close to my feelings on the matter.
Besides, what the hell does it matter?

WAH WAH ANTHROPOLOGIST STUDENT WAH WAH
As a species, as soon as we got the intelligence for it we've kind of always been asking the question "what does it mean to be human?" Yeah on a level knowing the answer probably won't effect your day-to-day life all that much. But on another level, understanding it could help with interpersonal interactions, something our species is almost ENTIRELY dependent on. Except for a few hermits.

 

[conflictofinterests]

This is not the double post you are looking for. <<

 

[Jamiemitsu]

Yes, because I wear a beret around college. All the tracksuit wearing dicks around the place call me a (in their words), "gay twat", but I refuse to take it off, because I like it. I CHOOSE to keep it on, because I WANT to, and frankly, I refuse to take fashion tips from the kind of people who think a three second, tinny drum loop is music. Just an example I also fart. So, there.

 

[thylasos]

Apparently.

 

[Ashcrexl]

if everything you've ever known tells you you are human, there's a FANTASTIC chance that you are, in face, human.

 

[Turbo_Destructor]

My parents are human, and i am the product of their genes. So i'm probs human.

Species is not a subjective thing. don't be silly.

 

[De-Moti]

Ima robot.
Beep de boop.

 

[silversnake4133]

I have morals. bad things makes me feel bad. Doing good things fills me with a warm fuzzy feeling. I believe this elevates me above other animals (like lions) in the animal kingdom. ergo I am human.

That may be true, but nearly everyone can say that. Don't take this the wrong way, but have you ever wondered if these "reactions" to these good deeds or bad deeds that we experience on a daily basis were more like "generic programs" that our parents or mentors install into our brains at a young age?

Granted, we can change over time and with each new experience. However, what really perplexes me about it is that none of these reactions are solely unique. Sure you may believe that your morals and reactions are just, and they are. It just seems that for each reaction or moral you have, there are probably 500X that many duplicates consistent within millions of other people around the world.

I guess what I'm really trying to get as is this: has society made we humans more like machines because of what we collectively believe to be fact, or the morally just thing to do?

I see what you're saying, but the point I was getting at was that I have the ability to "self regulate" myself with things like morals (regardless of what my actual morals are). A large part of humanity is that of self regulation, which I think other animals lack. I have the ability to think "no X is morally wrong, I shouldn't do that" and then go "I am proud of myself, because I followed through on my morals" or " I am sickened by myself because I went against my morals and did it anyway".
THAT is what I believe makes me human. Society, is merely a collection of everyone's morals, which creates an environment for these collective morals to be hardwired into some people's subconscious that would not have otherwise had that moral stance. I suppose you could argue that therefore, this human construct of the society we live in has thereforedehumanised some people, but I don't buy it (sorry, I don't have another argument for that other than my brain just going "No")

Plus, if we removed society and just had generic humans occupying a bland landscape, I believe that many of the normative morals that are "popular" today would remain popular, so that what I beleive makes me personally human, also makes alot of other people.


Also, I'd just like to tell everyone reading this; I'm a 17 year old student with too much spare time on my hands, and I don't know if the way I've written seems hostile (I promise I'm not) and that any of my opinions are in no way fact. If they were we'd all be doomed.

Well, the topic didn't really have any right or wrong answers. My goal was to try to get others to think on a deeper level than what they're used to for everyday life. It's good that you're very well versed in your morals, and I hope you stick to them. And don't worry, you don't need to apologize for sticking to your views. It's a good trait to have in order to preserve your individuality.

 

[silversnake4133]

Are you human?

To be honest, I do not know.

In the view of a scientist and a doctor, I am a member of the human race, a species that had gradually evolved from a small single celled organism to a complex multi-celled organism that walks on two legs, stands upright, and is capable of complex thought.

In the view of a philosopher or a poet, I am nothing more than another carbon copy of the digital age. I think, act, speak, dress, and relate to others who share the same indirect connection provided and enforced by an invisible motherboard that is hardwired into our brains as we grow from childhood to adulthood. Nothing about me is unique in a way that each thought process hasn't been thought of or seen before. I have fallen into a daily routine that I do automatically without thinking about it. Therefore I am just another product of this chaotic world.

And that is my take on that. :]

 

[silversnake4133]

No,
I've been treated so IN-human all my life I honestly don't feel human
I don't care... it's just weird

Well, today's a new day. Become something more than just ordinary. Search deep within your soul and discover who you really are. Then...go out and proclaim it to the world, and don't stop until you exhale your very last mortal breath on this planet.

The journey of a thousand miles begins with but one step forward. :]

 

[Firetaffer]

Yes. I am human. And I am more than an animal.

But humans are animals.

 

[sabbat]

Honestly, my sense of self changes so often that I don't really know who I am. The essence of "me" isn't the same from one minute to the next. I balance this in my daily life by constructing a personality that I think is whole and acting out that personality, causing me to mull over my every action almost obsessively. If I understand your question, then my answer is that I can't honestly tell if I am human.

 

[sabbat]

It seems to me that the person who has made this topic has a problem with those who answered "yes" or "no".

Why else would he question our motivations for answering the question like so?

I don't think he has a problem with any answer, he's just making sure we think on the question properly before answering and asking us to justify our answers, which I think is only fair considering the nature of the topic.

 

[spartan1077]

Are homosapiens not Humans in the English term? If so then yes I am the species known as Human. Just like the person that posts after me is a dog...don't know who but still.

 

[BlumiereBleck]

I have blue skin and purple hair, I don't think I'm human