Human Special-nes

Hello folks,Recent chat conversations on the subject of "human special-ness" prompted me to write the following for a class, and I am sharing it here so that anyone who wants to discuss the topic may do so. The main points boil down to whether humans are actually special, or if it is just self-induced illusion by our species. You will see in the paper what my stance is. Aside from that, here it is: Breif Essay on Human Special-nessPlease enjoy,
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Should be good now.

Read the paper, and see if it makes you think about it any more.Max

MAN! Everything you said there was precisely my argument! I hope the paper wasn't that misleading! And as for the Homo thing, I agree with you on that one too. We agree for once, though, I have a feeling you might find a way to disagree without it seeming like you are disagreeing just so you can fight me MaxEdited by Jonicus Maximus, : One thing about the "beings from distant planet" part in your post. I like to go by "if it looks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, ..." Any being that came from a distant planet that looked, talked, acted, and did everything else like human beings, I would call human.

Odd... you seemed to have missed the entire point of the paper.I can set you straight here in a bit, but must catch the bus for now.Max[abe]No, the part behind the em dash is extremely important because it specifies the conditions that a definition must meet. If not for that, I could say: humans are humans. That's a definition, but horrible. The offset bit of text lets the reader know what type of a definition to expect. Whether or not I deliver is a whole different story Here's the point you REALLY missed. The last sentence of the second to last paragraph reads:

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It's the human-centred definition of special that leads to the human-centred idea of human special-ness.

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This effectually says that I think it's crap that people walk around all day pretending they're special when most use the circular logic cited above to prove that it's so.You disagree with every "point" I make, right up to the end. That's the point, that's the idea. All that crap that's written up until the end is just meandering through my head. It's there so that you can see the argument people use to claim human special-ness. And the very final part where I show that it's circular half-ass logic (as you have pointed out ), is the kicker of the whole paper meant to get people to perhaps think of themselves in a slightly different way.Do you think humans are special?Edited by Jonicus Maximus, : Set Kuresu straight... ;-)

(edited by AdminPhat after Jon reconsidered his message intentions...(which I respect, by the way)and your paper is informative, but boring as a 7 hour lecture MaxEdited by AdminPhat, : Mad Max became calm again

This is what I accept, and I don't think I'm special because of the things listed.And don't worry... my post 19 wasn't directed at you in any way.Max

But if I were an alien with a completely different set of DNA than all you people, would you stop calling me human? I'd hope not .Max

Jon would like to inform everyone of two things: First, he prefers to be referred to as "male" .Second, he not only got an A on the paper, but also a "well done" comment... that's better than a tasty steak Max