Redefining Humanity

[Amok]

no homo
return to monke

 

[RepresentingCaution]

And then there's the Whanganui River in New Zealand, officially a person, decidedly non-sapient, and further non-sentient. Good job pointing out the difference between personhood and humanity though.
My country of residence has several laws making certain conduct with human corpses illegal, of which many are legal for corpses of non humans. Thus, being dead does not preclude humanity, and I would say even zombies raised from human remains are also still human. Other than that, I wonder how important is DNA since by cell count, only about 30~40% of cells in a human body contain human DNA, although that does come out to at least a plurality (the largest portion remains a minority).

Certainly, the microbiome is very important for keeping a human alive. I saw something a while ago about mind control from our gut microbes. It seems that they can trigger cravings. I think of that every time I get a sugar craving I just can't resist. It's definitely mind control.

 

[Cipiteca396]

no homo
return to monke

Furry propaganda.
Advance to beings of pure light. ?

 

[Deleted member 42060]

Carefully.

 

[Erysion]

Carefully.

if you say carefully one more time, i will CAREFULLY cARefully fOR yOU boom-cha! aha!

 

[Templary]

Before going into such a philosophical question, you should first define the words, Human and Humanity. So to explain, Humans or Homo Sapients are a species, while Humanity is a quality found in humans.

So, what does that mean? it means that to be human is simply to be born by human parents, with human DNA. Nothing less, nothing more. And following this we can say that an unborn baby is human, a dead corpse can also be human, and a crazy person can be human as long as they belong to the species of Humans.

But Humanity is different. Humanity is a quality and a concept, so it's not defined by concrete or physical traits, but instead by thoughts, actions, and feelings. For example, sometimes we can find humans that lack humanity, while on the other hand, we can find animals that show some signs of it. Another example is how the word is used in fiction, where we sometimes say that this elf is human, or that dragon is inhuman solely by looking at their actions or social behavior.

So what does all of this mean? it means that being a homo sapien and being a human is not the same thing.

This is the definitive answer