Are humans special?

basically if we couldnt do that we'd be food for predator animals and thats it..

Originally posted by stickman618
humans are special in sense that,

of all the creatures in creation, humans are the only ones capable of actually destroying the earth

with current technology we probably could not destroy the planet. Altering the ecosystem is way different from destroying the earth.

Originally posted by shaynebmxxx
sorry if someone else posted a response like this i didnt quite read al the posts but in my opinion superiority is like racism.. its not natural its something that taught and passed down. humans seem to think there superioir because of really two things..ability to use and make technology

special =/= superior

racism likely is natural, and so is our ability to make and use technology

Originally posted by shaynebmxxx
basically if we couldnt do that we'd be food for predator animals and thats it..

we could handicap animals by removing their natural abilities as well. Man without technology probably kicks the ass of tiger without teeth, fangs, or muscles.

Originally posted by inimalist
with current technology we probably could not destroy the planet. Altering the ecosystem is way different from destroying the earth.

special =/= superior

racism likely is natural, and so is our ability to make and use technology

we could handicap animals by removing their natural abilities as well. Man without technology probably kicks the ass of tiger without teeth, fangs, or muscles.

hah umm im pretty sure man would beat anythings ass without muscles teeth or claws. and no racism is not natural.. you dont naturally grow hating people just like you dont naturally grow up thinking your superior. its all taught. its just sad that the most intelligent species on the planet is in a sense the worst thing to ever happen to it. we are destroying themselves and taking everyone down with them. we have the power to stop it but we just keep digging deeper and deeper. i dont care what you say or how you try to justify this, weve destroyed the earth and its only getting worse

Originally posted by Alfheim
Some people like to think that human beings are unique and special especially according to religon, but this seems like a narrow minded point of view.

First of all it could be argued that there are other creatures on this planet that are superior to humans, for example (correct me if im wrong) cockroaches are very adaptable, have been around longer than humans and can apparently survive without its head.

Superority just seems to be a relative term, after all if humans were to be wiped out the world would go on without us.

Now heres the thing it does seem to me that human beings are superior due to our potential. It seems that we could have more power over all other creatures than they do on us. Sure if all the insects got together they could probably destroy us, look at what locusts do.

Well lets put it this way humans have the ability to be more than human the other creatures on this planet cannot. Sure some creatures can change sex but a wolf cant be more than a wolf, an ant cant be more than an ant but if you look where genetic engineering and cybernetics is going humans will be able to be more than human. Also we are dependent on other creatures on this planet but in the future we could probably survive without them ie instead of having to eat food we could sustain ourselves through electricity.

Humans are special and superior to other life due to our consciousness, ability to reason and adapt to anything.

right.. in that respect yes. but the superiority people think of now is not of that. its that nothing else has feelings, nothing else can think, and that nothing else matters. no one thinks that by reducing rainforests to rubble that it will do anything. why? because we think it wont affect us.. due to the fact that we think we are "superior"..

I think that human beings are special in that everything is special. Composition, relation to the ecosystem of the planet, etc. However the Earth would survive if extinction were to occur. So humans are not essential, just present.

Originally posted by shaynebmxxx
no one thinks that by reducing rainforests to rubble that it will do anything. why? because we think it wont affect us.. due to the fact that we think we are "superior"..

I highly doubt most people thinks that. Especially the people respobsible for clearing the rainforests. We just dont care. When humanity needlessly disposes of animals and elements in nature from extreme pollution. I Think some of that comes from being self consumed in a sense of superiority over nature. I think for the most part, however, we just dont care and do not do it with a sense of superior.

The rain forest issue is certainly a major problem. As far as slaughtering animals and harvesting of tree's for luxory and necessasity. We farm animals and tree's for this.

Originally posted by shaynebmxxx
i dont care what you say or how you try to justify this

you are a fascist 😉

and dumb, but the ignorance trumped that....

You lot suck. Stop the arguing and the backchat and just agree with me because you know im right. 😐

I believe that human being are the super being .Just the simplest way to argue that we have brain unlimited and other species can not do beyond their limits or instinct.

Originally posted by ragesRemorse
I highly doubt most people thinks that. Especially the people respobsible for clearing the rainforests. We just dont care. When humanity needlessly disposes of animals and elements in nature from extreme pollution. I Think some of that comes from being self consumed in a sense of superiority over nature. I think for the most part, however, we just dont care and do not do it with a sense of superior.

The rain forest issue is certainly a major problem. As far as slaughtering animals and harvesting of tree's for luxory and necessasity. We farm animals and tree's for this.

thats what im talking about, we dont think anything we do to earth will affect us. we only care about the present and how it will benefit us, and not worry about the impact it will have on everything around the decision made

hey inimalist i jsut realized youwere quoting me from your last post. how the hell does that make me a fascist?

Originally posted by Alfheim
Some people like to think that human beings are unique and special especially according to religon, but this seems like a narrow minded point of view.

First of all it could be argued that there are other creatures on this planet that are superior to humans, for example (correct me if im wrong) cockroaches are very adaptable, have been around longer than humans and can apparently survive without its head.

Superority just seems to be a relative term, after all if humans were to be wiped out the world would go on without us.

Now heres the thing it does seem to me that human beings are superior due to our potential. It seems that we could have more power over all other creatures than they do on us. Sure if all the insects got together they could probably destroy us, look at what locusts do.

Well lets put it this way humans have the ability to be more than human the other creatures on this planet cannot. Sure some creatures can change sex but a wolf cant be more than a wolf, an ant cant be more than an ant but if you look where genetic engineering and cybernetics is going humans will be able to be more than human. Also we are dependent on other creatures on this planet but in the future we could probably survive without them ie instead of having to eat food we could sustain ourselves through electricity.

What you say makes a lot of sense, cockroaches have been around before us and I do believe that the world can survive without us, no I do not want to die for a long, but this is what I believe.

Peace,
Amanda

well of course the earth would live on without us, if anything it would be in better condition without us.

Originally posted by shaynebmxxx
well of course the earth would live on without us, if anything it would be in better condition without us.

Sadly, because a lot of us pollute the Earth.

Peace,
Amanda

Are humans special? An interesting debate.

However, when we talk about humans in general, we are talking about six and a half billion different individuals.

Not to put too fine a point on it, that means there are six and a half billion individuals who are indeed special - at least to themselves.

But is the species special? Yes and no. It is special because it has incredible potential - masked only by generations if not milennia of ignorance.

It is NOT special, at least as far as Mother Nature is concerned - because the species as a collective has turned the planet into a garbage dump...in other words, we are somewhat like blood sucking leeches; fleas; or perhaps a virus.

I consider it interesting that A cockroach can apparently survive a nuclear blast.

A salamander may have most of its body cut off - leaving only the neck and head - and it will regrow the body.

A caterpillar can become a butterfly.

The occasional human goes through the ascension process (and leaves the rest of us scratching our heads...because most of us haven't got much of a clue as to where we came from, why we are here, or where we'll be going to....

Originally posted by Startrekka
Are humans special? An interesting debate.

However, when we talk about humans in general, we are talking about six and a half billion different individuals.

Not to put too fine a point on it, that means there are six and a half billion individuals who are indeed special - at least to themselves.

But is the species special? Yes and no. It is special because it has incredible potential - masked only by generations if not milennia of ignorance.

It is NOT special, at least as far as Mother Nature is concerned - because the species as a collective has turned the planet into a garbage dump...in other words, we are somewhat like blood sucking leeches; fleas; or perhaps a virus.

I consider it interesting that A cockroach can apparently survive a nuclear blast.

A salamander may have most of its body cut off - leaving only the neck and head - and it will regrow the body.

A caterpillar can become a butterfly.

The occasional human goes through the ascension process (and leaves the rest of us scratching our heads...because most of us haven't got much of a clue as to where we came from, why we are here, or where we'll be going to....

A lot of people are like, "Why was I put on this Earth?"

Peace,
Amanda

Hopefully I'm not stepping outside the thrust of this thread...into another area of philsophy so to speak...

But the answer to "why was I put on this planet" is not that we were put here..we reincarnated here...frequently.

Yes, some humans ARE special. So special in fact, that they get their very own Olympics, and are allowed to ride to school in their very own special bus.
If you mean, are human beings special in proportion to the planets other lifeforms (sorry, I didn't read your whole intro), then the answer is yes.
We are the smartest and we fought our way to the top of the food chain. Like so many other creatures on this planet, human beings, in large measure, survive by eating other animals. Kind of ugly, but there it is.

Originally posted by Cap'n Happy
Yes, some humans ARE special. So special in fact, that they get their very own Olympics, and are allowed to ride to school in their very own special bus.
If you mean, are human beings special in proportion to the planets other lifeforms (sorry, I didn't read your whole intro), then the answer is yes.
We are the smartest and we fought our way to the top of the food chain. Like so many other creatures on this planet, human beings, in large measure, survive by eating other animals. Kind of ugly, but there it is.

The top of the food chain is detritus eating bacteria. I don't see us unseating them . . . ever.