RE: Is technology making us less human?
May 2, 2018 at 6:38 am
(This post was last modified: May 2, 2018 at 6:42 am by Edwardo Piet.)
On the contrary... technology is a big part of what makes us human.
If it were not for technology we would have all been eaten by Smilodons.
You're right of course. All humans are equally human simply because they're humans. We'd have to evolve into an entire new species to stop being human.
And not only that... saying one human is more human than another human is a tactic that has been used by racist assholes. So I'd stay away from that approach, Kit.
The only reason I don't do it myself is because I think I'd actually get banned for it lol.
If it were not for technology we would have all been eaten by Smilodons.
(May 1, 2018 at 7:29 pm)Anomalocaris Wrote: To say one human is more human than another implies humanness is a set of independently conceived specifications and actual humans are but products produced to fulfill the specification. I would think humanness is descriptive, not proscriptive.
You're right of course. All humans are equally human simply because they're humans. We'd have to evolve into an entire new species to stop being human.
And not only that... saying one human is more human than another human is a tactic that has been used by racist assholes. So I'd stay away from that approach, Kit.
(May 1, 2018 at 7:31 pm)mh.brewer Wrote: Based on the numbers of recent threads you've started, you appear to be the biggest threat.
The only reason I don't do it myself is because I think I'd actually get banned for it lol.
