What makes us human?

[softhoney]

[CupcakeTheDestroyer]

Weaving makes us human. We developed the technology for weaving fabric and clothes close to like 30,000 years ago. It was used to make clothes, blankets, and toys.


Motherhood makes us human, every language across the world has some variant of the word “Mama” being the first word children learn as they are able to speak.


Warmth and creativity make us human. You can talk all day about how wars and violence are things only humans seem to do, but I don’t think there’s anything more ancient than the idea of sitting around a fire and telling a child a story as you cook their dinner, or make them a toy.

[myloveforuisinfinte]

😭😭😂😂so true uff

[strateguy632]

hilarious comics!

i believe human are different due to an added soul.

another difference is potential, kids learn to talk n learn new skills that they can help each other on homework by talking. make plans to do stuff together but animals don't even think about such stuff.

the smartest monkeys never decided to "organize building a rocket to fly to the moon", despite looking up n seeing the moon. but people wanted to go n organized plans to go. this might be caused by a spiritual soul.

[IslaTheWitch]

in totally random order :D

empathy

ability to do retrospection

consciousness

awareness of time

ability to plan far future

wide spectrum of emotions, including higher emotions

free will over instinct

[purplepoppy]

We're the only species with a real chin.
We're the only ones fully self aware and with a sense of a time before our existence and of one beyond our time on earth.
We can't lick our own genitals.

[WindAtMyBack]

Negative. No other species has a concept of negative. If you ask a dog if they want to go for a walk, they don't say no, they just ignore you. They have no concept of "no"

Fire. Controlled use of fire has been around close to two million years, predating modern humans.

[TheSpaceGnome]

Thats false, most species of animal understand the concept of a negative/no.

[strateguy632]

i heard that idea once but when dogs bark at me the strange visitor, it is "no, this is my house".

[jshm2]

We care for our sick, and we care for our faith.

Animals tend to kill or sacrifice their sick for the "good" of the herd. They have little concept of faith and the trust it entails.

[strateguy632]

i heard spiders eat injured spiders, like in novel dr. no of james bond.

[strateguy632]

this idea was repeated in film Lost in Space 1998.

[MemeSupreme]

being fucking stupid but acting like we're smart anyway

[DrPepper12]

Empathy. The ability to put yourself inside someone else and view it from their perspective is the most human trait there is. It's almost divine.

[strateguy632]

other traits are more important and more human too.

[strateguy632]

shame embarresment is most human! then shyness, natural and human and major! just not as much as shame.
then sadness joy then caring for someone who we know is a type of empathy. like super man preferd saving lois.
like neo chose, save many? or trinity? he
preferd saving trinity in matrix 2.
the computer then pointed out the flawed logic: the needs of the many but neo acted human.

which empathy wins? a million strangers or the one he cared about?

[PBandJ_Nerd]

If I'm going to give an honest answer, I think having emotions & feelings is what makes us human. As well as complexity.

[strateguy632]

pets never are sad enough to cry. a dog lays its chin on the rug.

[PBandJ_Nerd]

@strateguy632 Pets do cry. When our current cat was a kitten and we came home from seeing grandpa, we found him with tears running down his face. It's the only time I've seen an animal actually cry.

[menina]

I would say it's our experiences, our feelings (good and bad), our views, our actions and the way we treat others and ourselves.

[BCRanger10]

Our intellect and free will, and ultimately our being made in the image and likeness of God.

[robhazelnut]

Humanity from within. It's neither a material or an action.

[andreasderjuengere]

The ability to turn a natural existence into an unnatural one?

[The_Sexpert]

...

[flautistnaturist]

between 1.5 percent and 7 percent of our DNA appears unique to humans

[NathanDavis]

lmfao... that a great one

[deus_ex_sisyphus]

People are generally smart enough to anticipate the consequences of their actions, yet they still willfully make the choices that lead to the consequences

[deus_ex_sisyphus]

mistakes are what make us human

[TheSpaceGnome]

A human is a species of hominid primate under the genus homo.

[lorenzomichael]

Well I don't bark, I don't meow, I can't fly, I can't swim like a fish, I dont run like a horse and I don't crawl like a bug so I guess I'm human.

[ApplePie409]

Worrying. My dog never worries.

[strateguy632]

but maybe having a care taker, you caused that. but in wild they might worry about next meal?

[Catguy92]

BAHAHAH an age old philosophy question answered by robo-scanners.

[Lara_Croft]

Genesis 1 vs 1. Start from there

[strateguy632]

you mean verse 24, 1,24-28, don't you? or that animals don't have religion teach it nor gather for worship.

[dustybiker2]

We show emotions.

[exitseven]

we are aware of our mortality.

[RoronoaZoro8]

Our everlasting resolve.

[Sameone]

Reading Question like that

[Tomisworthless]

Self consciousness

[OddBeMe]

Don’t think it’s much different than animals.

[jahaims]

Dna.

[Wise4myage]

Vulnerability.

[CubaPirate]

Wars

[strateguy632]

i disagree part because animals also mark territory and battle for territory to take or defend.
just last summer 2 cats were howling at each other for a long time until i splashed water towards them. HUMAN property.
our ability to organize as a group for war is an advantage and different:
i imagine a herd of chased zebras, organizing to defend against lion or wolves by stampeding on them, that doesn't happen with dumb animals.

[strateguy632]

oops i just remembered wolf packs.

[CubaPirate]

@strateguy632 OK points well made 👏

[RANDOMGUY2323]

DNA pretty much

[strateguy632]

but they also have it, but you mean dna is different combination