Mind's Eye Re: Are You A Human Being ?

True, animals cut to the chase/copulation and not sure any face each
other as humans. But the existence of 84 positions and elegant cuisine
does not mean they are put into practice.

On Aug 11, 2:04 am, Vam <atewari2...@gmail.com> wrote:
> If mere being raised by human beings, and being a part of their family, is
> the criterion... I'm afraid, even dogs and cats can lay a claim to being
> human.
>
> #*BrainIsNotTheMind*<https://twitter.com/search/?q=%23BrainIsNotTheMind&src=hash>
>
> I've never held in hand or dived into the brain 2 connect neurones, or
> throttle endocrine glands, 2 deal with matters in the mind !
>
> And, to those who continue to primacy to the animal in man ... I've not
> known of any animal devising 84 different, well thought out positions to
> copulate, or prepare thousands of distinct food preparations and still
> distinguish their flavours enough to write volumes on each !
>
>
>
> On Saturday, August 11, 2012 6:09:24 AM UTC+5:30, AmandaRheen wrote:
>
> > I guess the only thing that really allows me to know that I am a human
> > being is that I was born into and grew up within a family of creatures who
> > identified themselves and me as human beings.  Then as reinforcement of
> > this idea I attended large communal gatherings at regular intervals with
> > others who generally looked and acted the same as myself.  Occassionally
> > the creatures in charge would take great pains to demand that we act like
> > human beings, not like animals hehe.  Mostly from these experiences I have
> > learned to identify myself as 'human being'.
> > As far as considering myself  'apart' from other animals I'm not sure I
> > really attended that class. Perhaps I played hooky that day and was off
> > riding my horse through the bush with our two dogs.  Granted some of the
> > human being creatures I knew would tell me we were apart from other
> > creatures but my own human being family seemed less concerned about this
> > distinction and more concerned with showing other creatures great care and
> > respect in return for the loyalty and co-operation they gave in their
> > interaction with us.  Sure we occasionally ate one of them but animals have
> > their own ways of levelling the field when they really feel like it.  I
> > concede though none of them ever actually ate me.  - Hide quoted text -
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