Would you as people consider us "animals?"

I mean I know we are people, but do you consider yourself as a higher, more intellagent formed animal?

Simalarities: We eat, we poop, we give birth, we nurse, we comunicate and we are warm blooded

Differences: ????????????

What are your oppinions on the subject.

I mean I know we are people, but do you consider yourself as a higher, more intellagent formed animal?

Simalarities: We eat, we poop, we give birth, we nurse, we comunicate and we are warm blooded

Differences: ????????????

What are your oppinions on the subject.

HeavyMetalKirby

Well I don't actually consider people animals but technically we are.

I'm not sure if there's anything to "consider", really; we are animals, and someone who thinks otherwise is, well, wrong.

I'm not sure if there's anything to "consider", really; we are animals, and someone who thinks otherwise is, well, wrong.

GabuEx

Yea, we are in the Animal Kingdom

well, I somehow can't wrap the fact that we're plants so yeah

well, I somehow can't wrap the fact that we're plants so yeah

RubiksCubeReven

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well, I somehow can't wrap the fact that we're plants so yeah

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well, I somehow can't wrap the fact that we're plants so yeah

RubiksCubeReven

intellagent

intellagent

intellagent

we are no different then animals. we arnt special. we do not "own" earth. humans arnt put on this earth for a reason. we are all the same. we just happen to be more intelligent. with dolphins and whales coming in a close second

we are no different then animals. we arnt special. we do not "own" earth. humans arnt put on this earth for a reason. we are all the same. we just happen to be more intelligent. with dolphins and whales coming in a close second

HaloReachGOTY

I consider humans to be different in kind--not just in degree--from animals. I'm answering that question from a philosophical and religious perspective, not a biological one.

EDIT: Wording; Palantas has had a little scotch.

Alfred Korzybski's General Semantics

Chemical Binders: All life forms can make chemical changes

Space Binders: Humans and animals have self-locomotion

Time Binders: Humans alone can aticipate and imagine the future and remember the past

Yep.

I don't really see any reason why we should be categorized as anything else.

I consider humans to be different in kind--not just in degree--from animals. I'm answering that question from a philosophical and religious perspective, not a biological one.

EDIT: Wording; Palantas has had a little scotch.

Palantas

I know, all of that tape on your fingers can make it hard to type. :P

Alfred Korzybski's General Semantics

Chemical Binders: All life forms can make chemical changes

Space Binders: Humans and animals have self-locomotion

Time Binders: Humans alone can aticipate and imagine the future and remember the past

Hatiko

[QUOTE="HaloReachGOTY"]

we are no different then animals. we arnt special. we do not "own" earth. humans arnt put on this earth for a reason. we are all the same. we just happen to be more intelligent. with dolphins and whales coming in a close second

Agent-Zero

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we are no different then animals. we arnt special. we do not "own" earth. humans arnt put on this earth for a reason. we are all the same. we just happen to be more intelligent. with dolphins and whales coming in a close second

HaloReachGOTY

This part. You said we are all the same then gave an example ofhow we aren't same same.

Time Binders: Humans alone can aticipate and imagine the future and remember the past

Hatiko

Not true at all.

[QUOTE="HaloReachGOTY"]

we are no different then animals. we arnt special. we do not "own" earth. humans arnt put on this earth for a reason. we are all the same. we just happen to be more intelligent. with dolphins and whales coming in a close second

jacob2125

This part. You said we are all the same then gave an example ofhow we aren't same same.

No he's not contradicting himself, obviously not. He's clearly referencing a difference in degree: Some animals are more intelligent than others; humans happen to be the most intelligent animal. There's no contraction in the part you highlighted.

[QUOTE="jacob2125"]

[QUOTE="HaloReachGOTY"]

we are no different then animals. we arnt special. we do not "own" earth. humans arnt put on this earth for a reason. we are all the same. we just happen to be more intelligent. with dolphins and whales coming in a close second

Palantas

This part. You said we are all the same then gave an example ofhow we aren't same same.

No he's not contradicting himself, obviously not. He's clearly referencing a difference in degree: Some animals are more intelligent than others; humans happen to be the most intelligent animal. There's no contraction in the part you highlighted.

If you say two things are the same, and then that the first is more than the second that's a contradiction. Our intelligence put's us on a higher level. Agent-Zero

The term "same" here is qualified by context. Obviously he's not saying that humans and all animals are identical. (If that were the case, you wouldn't even need to highlight the phrase "We just happent to be more intelligent." You could simply highlight "We are all the same," thenpoint out that turtles and squirrels are different.) The sameness he's describing is that animals and humans are of an animal nature. The difference in intelligence does not alter this, in his opinion. If you disagree with this, then argue away, but don't read someone's post just for the sake of implying contradictions that are easily explained.

Is your avatar from Game of Thrones?

[QUOTE="Agent-Zero"]If you say two things are the same, and then that the first is more than the second that's a contradiction. Our intelligence put's us on a higher level. Palantas

The term "same" here is qualified by context. Obviously he's not saying that humans and all animals are identical. (If that were the case, you wouldn't even need to highlight the phrase "We just happent to be more intelligent." You could simply highlight "We are all the same," thenpoint out that turtles and squirrels are different.) The sameness he's describing is that animals and humans are of an animal nature. The difference in intelligence does not alter this, in his opinion. If you disagree with this, then argue away, but don't read someone's post just for the sake of implying contradictions that are easily explained.

Is your avatar from Game of Thrones?

Technically.

yes

Homo Sapien = Animal class. So yes.

Yes, we are.

Humans are mammals, mammals are animals. Humans are great apes, great apes are animals. There is nothing to consider, we are animals.

Some people will say :"But we are different from other animals, we are awesome and smart and logical!!!1111!!!!111!!1!!". Just because we are different doesn't mean we are not animals. Bats are the only mammals that can fly, are they not animals because they are different ?

intellagent

intellagent

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johnnyblaze92

Sophisticated yes, but we still hold animal roots.

Of course we are animals. We are driven by the same biological imperatives as any other creature on this planet. Just because we have the capacity to wonder why are do what we do, does not make us any less bound to our own instinct.

Animals never had a war, who's the REAL animal?

Animals never had a war, who's the REAL animal?

TheHighWind

Animals never had a war, who's the REAL animal?

TheHighWind