Do you consider Humans to be Animals?

[Immoren]

Humanity has too much sentience to be animals.

You mean sapience?

[Bengera]

Yes, and any other answer is just arrogant.

[The Emerald Legion]

Yes, and any other answer is just arrogant.

Poisoning the well. Congratulations you've commited a fallacy.

In any case. In the scientific definition, yes. Merely because that's how they define things.

In a real sense? No. Not at all.

[The United Colonies of Earth]

Genetically and in some of our actions toward everything (we're just trying to survive, or think we are), yes.

[Aquophia]

Yup. We are also blatently superior to other animals.

[The Almighty Caesar]

Yes. We are animals.

[Neo Arcad]

Technically speaking, yeah, we are. But I'd also venture that we're the BEST animals, chiefly because of gunpowder and steel.

[Dakini Femina]

Yes, I do. I understand there's a great deal of arrogance and conceit that goes into pressing the notion we're above the beasts of the earth.

[The Emerald Legion]

Yes, I do. I understand there's a great deal of arrogance and conceit that goes into pressing the notion we're above the beasts of the earth.

I understand there is a great deal of arrogance and conceit that goes into pressing the notion that we are not.

[Ridicularia]

Yup. We are also blatently superior to other animals.

Depends on what you're measuring.

[The Emerald Legion]

Yup. We are also blatently superior to other animals.

Depends on what you're measuring.

Not that I agree on the original statement, but in every measurement humans outstrip every living thing on this planet.

[Ridicularia]

Not that I agree on the original statement, but in every measurement humans outstrip every living thing on this planet.

Not if you're measuring, say, ability to obtain oxygen from water, or ability to withstand radiation.

[Orthaethaczil]

Depends upon the context, really.

But in general - no, definitely not.

Humans obviously are a substantial new stage of life, compared to all other species on the planet.

- Humans have a direct connection between the brain and the hands, and between the brain and the speech apparatus, allowing them to use complex language and allowing them to perform complicated fine work like, for example, playing a piano, a feat unarchievable by any animal.

- Humans, thanks to the useage of language, have developed science and many comforts. We live in artificial houses, wear artificial clothing, use mechanical and electronic machines, study the world in all its aspects, and have religion, etc.

One can still say we resemble animals in many things, but obviously we are a substantial step forward and even the most advanced animals, such as dolphins, elephans, sperm whales, octopus etc, only come close but dont reach out level of abstraction and self awareness.

[Immoren]

Not that I agree on the original statement, but in every measurement humans outstrip every living thing on this planet.

Not if you're measuring, say, ability to obtain oxygen from water, or ability to withstand radiation.

Or echo-locate without technological aid.

[Little Jim P]

Not all of them. Some are stump-dumb vegetables and others are rock-stupid minerals.

[Ifreann]

We're my favourite kind of animals.

[Meridiani Planum]

Human beings get around through the use of legs, so yes they are animals.

[The Emerald Legion]

Not that I agree on the original statement, but in every measurement humans outstrip every living thing on this planet.

Not if you're measuring, say, ability to obtain oxygen from water, or ability to withstand radiation.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electrolysis_of_water

http://app2.nea.gov.sg/topics_radiation.aspx

Humans win.

Not if you're measuring, say, ability to obtain oxygen from water, or ability to withstand radiation.

Or echo-locate without technological aid.

And there's the old caveat. "Without technological aid." Very well, I'd say we echolocate much better than bats, without the aid of their ears.

Without technological aid is ridiculous. It is our technology that makes us human. To say "without it" You are comparing monkeys to the animal world. Not people.

Human beings get around through the use of legs, so yes they are animals.

Fish aren't animals?

[Immoren]

Not if you're measuring, say, ability to obtain oxygen from water, or ability to withstand radiation.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electrolysis_of_water

http://app2.nea.gov.sg/topics_radiation.aspx

Humans win.

Or echo-locate without technological aid.

And there's the old caveat. "Without technological aid." Very well, I'd say we echolocate much better than bats, without the aid of their ears.

Without technological aid is ridiculous. It is our technology that makes us human. To say "without it" You are comparing monkeys to the animal world. Not people.

But now you are cheating.

[The Emerald Legion]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electrolysis_of_water

http://app2.nea.gov.sg/topics_radiation.aspx

Humans win.

And there's the old caveat. "Without technological aid." Very well, I'd say we echolocate much better than bats, without the aid of their ears.

Without technological aid is ridiculous. It is our technology that makes us human. To say "without it" You are comparing monkeys to the animal world. Not people.

But now you are cheating.

Yep. That's what makes humans so great. We ignore your silly animal rules. We can't fly because we weren't born with wings you say mr tiger? Well to hell with that. We'll make wings. And then we'll make combustible lemons and burn your tree down!

[Alowwvia]

We're animals with really neato brains and fancy manipulators.

[Immoren]

We're animals with really neato brains and fancy manipulators.

TBH I could do with fancier manipulators I currently have. :/

[Britannic Realms]

I accept that we are animals but I really hate it. We are really far too advanced to be considered animals but if the experts say so, oh well.

[Huskvarneque]

Yes, we are, no real argument to the fact.

[The Emerald Legion]

Yes, we are, no real argument to the fact.

No other animal comes even close to the way humans behave? How about that. There are a million and one different types of everything, and yet humans are unique.