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Re: What Distinguishes Humans From Other Animals? by johnydon22(m): 11:06am On Jul 04, 2015
kingk:


But animal get sense that they can not do HOMOSEXUAL then, where is the sense in human being
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homosexual_behavior_in_animals

For the sake of learning
Re: What Distinguishes Humans From Other Animals? by HirstMOG(m): 11:08am On Jul 04, 2015
johnydon22:

[b]I think just like different classes of animals differ drastically in intellect and cognitive ability, it is right to say humans tower above them all in intellect.

The intellective capability of a goat differs drastically with that of a monkey. . Humans just show a more refined and defined attributes which maybe said are shared by others animals too.

E.g:Language, a mode of communication. it is still okay to point out that humans are not the only ones to possess this ability because other animals too possess their own methods of communication and rightly language. Don't you think the postulation that humans are the only animals with the ability of a limitless word treasure is just a human perception because first we have no idea what animals are saying when they communicate how then can we know if they invent new communicative concepts or not.
For what we know they might just be seeing our own communicative method just exactly the way we see theirs.


Again the idea of creating new laws and societal relationships are also traits that can be found in other animals.
Chimps are known to ostracize a member of the pack who kills another or does something against the pack, penguins are known to mate for life while Gauls can kill a partner for cheating.
Things like arts, technologies too are also depicted in this case from the human point of view. . A bird can build a nest so precisely that it marvels us sometimes, that too is also a highly defined art supposing humans are the ones that achieved this feat and again it should also be clear that for a bird to build a nest shows that it possess the technological know how on how to go about it because you can agree with me that it involves accurate measurement and architectural wizardry.

So you see, we compare our abilities with other animals based on our own perception and not theirs.

A nairalander once asked me on BBM: "why is it that when a human kills another human it is a problem but when he kills a chimpanzee it is not a problem, does it mean that humans are more valuable than chimps?"

my reply was: I think value in this case is subjective because when you reverse the equation you will see that when a chimp kills another chimp other chimps care and its a big problem but when a chimp kills a human other chimp don't even care about that showing that to them also their own kind is more important and valuable than others.

Humans share many things in common with other animals, but just like the intellect of every animal differs so too is the human intellect distinguished from others which i think makes us think ourselves more unique and better
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I agree with you brov. Even bacteria and other infections develop resistance against drugs and other stuff when a pariicular drug is used over time let alone other higher animals. This means other animals like humans have various means of communication depending the situation. My point here is that op should not use communication as one of his argument.
Re: What Distinguishes Humans From Other Animals? by Nobody: 11:10am On Jul 04, 2015
johnydon22:

Ok sis let me just rest my case, sometimes some people makes you wonder if they really passed through secondary school at all. . . Such scientific ignorance and impaired cognitive ability among our Youths makes me sad and worried over the fate of this country in terms of scientific development in this jet age . . really sad embarassed


You know, I was thinking of going to talk to my secondary school principal about this same issue. I hope I'm not being condescending, but scientific ignorance is too pervasive in Nigeria and it has cost us too many lives. Remember during the Ebola crisis when people thought bathing in salt prevented Ebola?

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Re: What Distinguishes Humans From Other Animals? by johnydon22(m): 11:11am On Jul 04, 2015
HirstMOG:



I agree with you brov. Even bacteria and other infections develop resistance against drugs and other stuff when a pariicular drug is used over time let alone other higher animals. This means other animals like humans have various means of communication depending the situation. My point here is that op should not use communication as one of his argument.
It was not an argument bro, the Op brought out a topic open to discussion. . . Most people tend to rely on human perception when judging other animals
Re: What Distinguishes Humans From Other Animals? by johnydon22(m): 11:17am On Jul 04, 2015
Velocitron:



You know, I was thinking of going to talk to my secondary school principal about this same issue. I hope I'm not being condescending, but scientific ignorance is too pervasive in Nigeria and it has cost us too many lives. Remember during the Ebola crisis when people thought bathing in salt prevented Ebola?
Yes i remember vividly, i prevented my family from doing that nonsense and they all listen to me when it comes to scientific matters, i just sat and watched from our corridor as people scampered to bath with a mixture of salt and water. it was both hilarious and heartbreaking to me that my people could so gullible.

Please try and reach your principal on this matter maybe i will follow in your footstep and meet old secondary and primary school heads on the importance of a better scientific teaching for the young ones.

It is sad enough that almost 69% of the present youths here are victims of this scientific ignorance which is sad at it is, but at least we can try and reduce that percentage in our up coming generation. .thats the only way to save Nigeria's scientific arena
Re: What Distinguishes Humans From Other Animals? by RobinHez(m): 11:24am On Jul 04, 2015
sonofananimal:

AS FAR AS I AM CONCERN, NA ONLY YOU BE ANIMAL,

THERE ARE THREE CLASSIFICATION OF LIVING THINGS WHICH IS :

PLANT

ANIMAL =YOU FALL UNDER THIS CATEGORIES


HUMAN
go and shoot your biology teacher.

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Re: What Distinguishes Humans From Other Animals? by kingsley3218(m): 11:24am On Jul 04, 2015
Ur ability to register,post and comment on nairaland distinguishes u from an animal OP.
Re: What Distinguishes Humans From Other Animals? by RobinHez(m): 11:25am On Jul 04, 2015
kingk:


But animal get sense that they can not do HOMOSEXUAL then, where is the sense in human being
thank you.
see what i wrote here.
https://www.nairaland.com/2424986/time-prove-higher-animals-robinhez
Re: What Distinguishes Humans From Other Animals? by LORDDICE(m): 11:27am On Jul 04, 2015
I have a prototype of d fueless gen. Still in my sec sch lab though

RobinHez:
angry u opted for fueless gen. mediocre grin
Re: What Distinguishes Humans From Other Animals? by Nobody: 11:28am On Jul 04, 2015
RobinHez:
go and shoot your biology teacher.
I CLASSIFIER THINS MY OWN WAY.
IF YOU DON'T LIKE IT, GO FVCK YOURSELF angry
Re: What Distinguishes Humans From Other Animals? by Ertekazee: 11:30am On Jul 04, 2015
It's simply the development of the human cerebral hemisphere, compared to those of animals.
Re: What Distinguishes Humans From Other Animals? by johnydon22(m): 11:31am On Jul 04, 2015
RobinHez:

thank you.
see what i wrote here.
https://www.nairaland.com/2424986/time-prove-higher-animals-robinhez

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homosexual_behavior_in_animals

i charge you to carry out more research on this. . . .I expected you to know that other animals both birds and mammals exhibit homosexual relationships too embarassed
Re: What Distinguishes Humans From Other Animals? by Lanceslot(m): 11:32am On Jul 04, 2015
johnydon22:

[b]I think just like different classes of animals differ drastically in intellect and cognitive ability, it is right to say humans tower above them all in intellect.

The intellective capability of a goat differs drastically with that of a monkey. . Humans just show a more refined and defined attributes which maybe said are shared by others animals too.

E.g:Language, a mode of communication. it is still okay to point out that humans are not the only ones to possess this ability because other animals too possess their own methods of communication and rightly language. Don't you think the postulation that humans are the only animals with the ability of a limitless word treasure is just a human perception because first we have no idea what animals are saying when they communicate how then can we know if they invent new communicative concepts or not.
For what we know they might just be seeing our own communicative method just exactly the way we see theirs.


Again the idea of creating new laws and societal relationships are also traits that can be found in other animals.
Chimps are known to ostracize a member of the pack who kills another or does something against the pack, penguins are known to mate for life while Gauls can kill a partner for cheating.
Things like arts, technologies too are also depicted in this case from the human point of view. . A bird can build a nest so precisely that it marvels us sometimes, that too is also a highly defined art supposing humans are the ones that achieved this feat and again it should also be clear that for a bird to build a nest shows that it possess the technological know how on how to go about it because you can agree with me that it involves accurate measurement and architectural wizardry.

So you see, we compare our abilities with other animals based on our own perception and not theirs.

A nairalander once asked me on BBM: "why is it that when a human kills another human it is a problem but when he kills a chimpanzee it is not a problem, does it mean that humans are more valuable than chimps?"

my reply was: I think value in this case is subjective because when you reverse the equation you will see that when a chimp kills another chimp other chimps care and its a big problem but when a chimp kills a human other chimp don't even care about that showing that to them also their own kind is more important and valuable than others.

Humans share many things in common with other animals, but just like the intellect of every animal differs so too is the human intellect distinguished from others which i think makes us think ourselves more unique and better
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I can only add kpom ., to this masterpiece above, bravo brother.

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Re: What Distinguishes Humans From Other Animals? by Nobody: 11:35am On Jul 04, 2015
Velocitron:

You're answering the guy? He's either joking or a troll.
ILLITERATE, JUST TAKE A LOOK AT YOURSELF angry
COMMON SENSE IS NOT SO COMMON ANY MORE.
IF YOU WANT TO BECOME AN ANIMAL, JUST GO TO THE BUSH
Re: What Distinguishes Humans From Other Animals? by Nobody: 11:36am On Jul 04, 2015
johnydon22:

Yes i remember vividly, i prevented my family from doing that nonsense and they all listen to me when it comes to scientific matters, i just sat and watched from our corridor as people scampered to bath with a mixture of salt and water. it was both hilarious and heartbreaking to me that my people could so gullible.

Please try and reach your principal on this matter maybe i will follow in your footstep and meet old secondary and primary school heads on the importance of a better scientific teaching for the young ones.

It is sad enough that almost 69% of the present youths here are victims of this scientific ignorance which is sad at it is, but at least we can try and reduce that percentage in our up coming generation. .thats the only way to save Nigeria's scientific arena

There's also the problem of teachers including their personal biases in their teaching. For example, I remember I had a biology teacher who had a habit of saying evolution is false when we studied the subject. I'm not one to criticise others for their views/beliefs - considering I'm a Christian myself- but I think certain personal biases should be left out of teaching/education, law, medicine etc.

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Re: What Distinguishes Humans From Other Animals? by menesheh(m): 11:39am On Jul 04, 2015
Teempakguy:
cheesy cheesy sounds humiliating. grin
I agree to be a higher animal. cool

All are still animal. Better accept it with sincere mind. grin

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Re: What Distinguishes Humans From Other Animals? by johnydon22(m): 11:40am On Jul 04, 2015
Velocitron:


There's also the problem of teachers including their personal biases in their teaching. For example, I remember I had a biology teacher who had a habit of saying evolution is false when we studied the subject. I'm not one to criticise others for their views but I think personal biases should be left out of teaching/education, law, medicine etc.
I think this factor is a very huge stumbling block to the development of science in Nigeria. No wonder many of them cannot even define science they make it out to be a religion or belief system . . .its frustrating and very disturbing... Yesterday i watched a documentary on North korea space voyages. . i was like WTF and Nigeria has not even invested even one naira for this. . i was ashamed
Re: What Distinguishes Humans From Other Animals? by hahn(m): 11:45am On Jul 04, 2015
RobinHez:

u didnt even read the post? gosh!

the title says "from other animals"

He didn't read the post because he is part of the other animals

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Re: What Distinguishes Humans From Other Animals? by RobinHez(m): 11:47am On Jul 04, 2015
LORDDICE:
I have a prototype of d fueless gen. Still in my sec sch lab though


hmmm.... cc: teempakguy
Re: What Distinguishes Humans From Other Animals? by RobinHez(m): 11:49am On Jul 04, 2015
johnydon22:


https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homosexual_behavior_in_animals

i charge you to carry out more research on this. . . .I expected you to know that other animals both birds and mammals exhibit homosexual relationships too embarassed
hmmmm.......still got a lot to learn o.
Re: What Distinguishes Humans From Other Animals? by RobinHez(m): 11:49am On Jul 04, 2015
hahn:

He didn't read the post because he is part of the other animals
grin
Re: What Distinguishes Humans From Other Animals? by johnydon22(m): 11:51am On Jul 04, 2015
RobinHez:
hmmmm.......still got a lot to learn o.
In life we can only learn more
Re: What Distinguishes Humans From Other Animals? by RobinHez(m): 11:51am On Jul 04, 2015
sonofananimal:

I CLASSIFIER THINS MY OWN WAY.
IF YOU DON'T LIKE IT, GO FVCK YOURSELF angry
how come u're a son of an animal...or are u a bastard? undecided
Re: What Distinguishes Humans From Other Animals? by johnydon22(m): 11:52am On Jul 04, 2015
hahn:


He didn't read the post because he is part of the other animals
Hahahahahahaha falls of chair cheesy **my girl friend stares at me** **Runs out of room laughing almost peeing my pants** cheesy

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Re: What Distinguishes Humans From Other Animals? by RobinHez(m): 11:52am On Jul 04, 2015
johnydon22:
In life we can only learn more
i hope uu're not too dissapointed at me? embarassed cuz homo stuff freaks me out...
Re: What Distinguishes Humans From Other Animals? by RobinHez(m): 11:55am On Jul 04, 2015
kingsley3218:
Ur ability to register,post and comment on nairaland distinguishes u from an animal OP.
lol.
Re: What Distinguishes Humans From Other Animals? by redsun(m): 11:56am On Jul 04, 2015
Unwarranted violence. We think in our twisted minds that we are special and civilised but in the true sense, we are the most destructive and barbaric creatures to ever walk the earth
Re: What Distinguishes Humans From Other Animals? by damiloladuke: 12:03pm On Jul 04, 2015
yeah, but some humans don't possess all these


PRESIDENT BUHARI MUST READ MY SIGNATURE

YOU SELF MUST READ IF YOU WANNA LAFF TIRE TONIGHT
Re: What Distinguishes Humans From Other Animals? by johnydon22(m): 12:06pm On Jul 04, 2015
RobinHez:

i hope uu're not too dissapointed at me? embarassed cuz homo stuff freaks me out...
I am not disappointed bro because i don't expect you to know everything, nobody knows it all.

I hate it too bro but when it doesn't concern me why should i bother myself over it. I have no business with what people do in their bedroom just like what i do in the bedroom with my girl friend is not their probs. . when am watching t.v and see gay relationship being depicted i kindly change the channel because it is disgusting to we straight guys

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Re: What Distinguishes Humans From Other Animals? by adeA1(m): 12:08pm On Jul 04, 2015
Thank to God and then to the writer for he has glued us as animal, of cos we re. Agreed.

Yes to answer the question the only reasonabl differnce btw man and those animal is that the man enshoulder Responsibilities and so shall be made accountabl for them in the eternal life
Re: What Distinguishes Humans From Other Animals? by Nobody: 12:12pm On Jul 04, 2015
RobinHez:
how come u're a son of an animal...or are u a bastard? undecided
I MAY BE YOUR FATHER'S BASTARD SON undecided
Re: What Distinguishes Humans From Other Animals? by RobinHez(m): 12:13pm On Jul 04, 2015
johnydon22:

I am no disappointed bro because i don't expect you to know everything, nobody knows it all.

I hate too bro but when it doesn't concern me why should i bother myself over it. I have no business with what people do in the bedroom just like what i do in the bedroom with my girl friend is not their probs. . when am watching t.v and see gay relationship being depicted i kindly change the channel because it is disgusting to we straight guys
nice! ....thanks.
"i think i should learn not to be biased/carried away at any info, i should get the real valid facts, so i wont embarrass myself in public." -I just learnt this from u bro. wink

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