Human Definition and 880 Threads

please, i need input this is my first post in this forum, so hello everyone. :biggrin: i'd like to say that i have never really had experience in philosophy so if anyone recognizes my thoughts as someone elses theory then please tell me so i can look into it.now to the real stuff. I would...

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=679&e=3&u=/usatoday/20041117/cm_usatoday/nothingislamicabouthumansacrifice Interesting article, i think he makes a good point. Discuss.

I can get pretty far in this question, but I can't seem to get the final answer. The problem is: Calculate the force required by the "deltoid" muscle, Fm, to hold up an outstretched arm. The total mass of the arm is 3.33kg. On the diagram, the pivot point I chose is the shoulder socket, and...

Ever since the ancient times we have noticed that the universe works in a certain way and we try to interpret it. In doing so we create models which are based upon our the physcial world (and to some extent, even if very little, culture and religion). But the problem lies with the fact that...

From a biological point of view, when can a human be considered dead? after brain activity ceases? after the heart stops? after all human cells cease metabolic function? If a human brain were to cease functioning, but the body is kept going on a life support macine, with all basic functions...

Greetings! Cloning technology has been developed so fast in recent years and it has drawn concerns from the public. Advanced technology has made cloning humans possible. In the future, there might be many clones of mine. Of course, this issue will certainly cause a lot of religious, ethic...

why does the human body need oxygen, what does the human body use it for. is it possible to create a alternate gas that the human body can intake Is it possible to alter human genetics to breathe poisons?

Does man have a certain ability or characteristic that defines him? Perhaps a characteristic that, if taken away, would also take away our humanity?

Is it possible to modify human dna to get more sturdier humans?

Years ago I heard about a study being done that concluded the majority of hit songs had a beat that was closely in synch with the human heartbeat. I have been googling around trying to find some reference on this but nothing's coming up. Does anyone remember such a study and who might have been...

A new super-cool book is "Race: The Reality of Human Differences," by Vincent Sarich and Frank Miele, 2004 (click here to read the whole book). Here are some interesting excerpts from the book: "Strong evidence in the case for race comes from examining the amount of variation actually...

smalest cell ? what is the smallest cell in the human's body ? regards abc

This book of Penrose is short, so you can read it in a whole day (as I did) I first read "The emperor's new mind", and there's a continuation called "Shadows of the mind", but I have not read this, but the third part that carries the title of the thread I think that is a bit deceiving the...

Suppose I store all information related to my consciousness or mind - memory, personality, IQ level, knowledge, and etc. - into a computer (when we've that kind of tecnology, of course). Now this data is equivilant to everything of me. Then I give this computer a body for it to move and excecute...

Dear Sir, Can anyone inform me and discuss about it that"If a body travels or comes with speed of light so can it'll be visible for human, can human see that body"? or simple "Can human see the body if it come with speed of light"? All comments r welcomed Regards Sana

I was just curious as to what mechanism in our body tells time. How is it that we can count 1,2,3,4,5,6,ect to a moderate accuracy? I would guess it gaugues something harmonic, but what do I know. Any help would be Grrrreat!

In human evolution, what is the result of 1+1 ? :-p

"Sea-gypsy Children": Human underwater sight secrets revealed http://www.sciencenews.org/articles/20030517/fob4.asp

[FONT=Verdana]I've heard from someone that if you superimpose enough pictures human faces (of all races) on top of each other, you get something like a universal human face. I mean like if you have several samples and superimpose all faces from each sample, the end result from each sample would...

Can someone tell me how fast the human eye can capture an image?and how fast it can notice a change, " notice a pinprick of light", for instance. :smile:

http://www.betanews.com/article/1088039192

Please help me, Would you please tell me where I can find tutorials about human senses analysis(es) or anything related ? ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// Sorry, I don't know if this is the place for me to post this, so if this turns out...

Just curious if antibiotics you might put on a band-aid over a wound that risks infection could kill/harm the skin cells around it.

Do you feel that humans will ever reach a point where they just won't be able to understand something? Will we ever peak in our intelligence and if so how far into the future.

From; http://wspg.blogspot.com/ “Public Forum - Donna Mulhearn: Life in Occupied Iraq Monday June 14th – 7pm Rooty Hill Uniting Church 86 Rooty Hill Rd North, Rooty Hill After living through the war on Iraq as a human shield, and returning to work with orphaned kids, Donna Mulhearn...

"No doubt": Human Activity Affecting Global Climate Change An interesting link that I had tucked away. http://globalchange.gov/ Here is one story from the link. http://globalchange.gov/

Brian Teaser++++++++ The Earth is an estimated four and a half billion years old. If geologic time were somehow compressed into a single calendar year, on what date would human beings appear?

http://www.cbc.ca/stories/2004/05/20/sci-tech/dogs_dna040520 For the Science Article http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/abstract/304/5674/1160

Why do the minds of many fear or even deny death? The mere thought of death for some people trigger panic attacks. Granted the mind's instintual reaction is to fear the unknown as a means of survival, but shouldn't the mind have already evolved to accept death? Does this mean that the true...

Is there any practice, belief, value, etc ... in human history (recorded that is) that has remained constant throughout the ages? Is there nothing we can agree on? If no, then does it mean that no matter what we agree in the future - there can never be a claim of total universality (of the...

For the living, three things are inevitable: death, taxes, and sh1t." Dan Sabbath and Mandel Hall in End Product http://www.weblife.org/humanure/images/fig2-4.jpg When crops are produced from soil, it is imperative that the organic residues resulting from those crops, including...

Does anyone know of a website or source of where I can find a list of various activities and what force is dealt to the body/head while doing it? Some examples I am looking for include car crash (whiplash), fighter pilots, and football players. I am looking to get as many examples as possible...

"Would an AI unit, with a quantum brain, be more conscious than a Human if" Would an AI unit, with a quantum brain, be more conscious than a Human, if it had adquired, the ability to sense all wavelenghts?

Two independent groups have recently claimed to detect methane on the Mars, one source has used the Mars Express Orbiter, and the other root had deployed the ground-based telescopes. I am of the strong opinion that Mars should definitely possesses some percentage of methane because it is such a...

how many peak sensitivity of the human eye?

What is human thought? Is it just a bunch of neurons firing? Or is it in a higher plane of existence? Do we form our own thoughts? I have been wracking my brain for a few days about this one and can't seem to finalise a theory.

Is every human action motivated by self-interest? Even when we help a complete stranger do we do it becuase it makes us feel good (and hence we are doing it out of self interest)? What do you think?

Is there a quantum basis for HUMAN AWARENESS? Our awareness a PART of the UNIVERSE right? Your thoughts are eagerly anticipated. Be well, ken

This thread could equally well be in Biology, but since genetics and hereditability have figured so prominently in the various IQ threads in this sub-forum, I feel it would a good place, and perhaps a useful resource. L. Luca Cavalli-Sforza, Paolo Menozzi, and Alberto Piazza published the...

I'm curious as to what you all feel about the human body. Is the body sacred? is it a tool? And if you believe either, explain.

I am having trouble figuring out this question: Assuming a non-overlapping mutation rate of 5000 mut/day. How long in years would it take for the human genome to diverge 1% (the genetic difference between humans and chimpanzees) from its current state? If there are 3 x 10^9 pair in the...

Diamond memories of the dead http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/berkshire/3389493.stm

Shahil said, This brings me to something i had been meaning to say, I think robert tracinski pointed it out best when he said, "So it would seem that the system that enforces virtue leads to poverty—while the system that encourages vice leads to prosperity." Meaning that although...

Body Burden -- Human Contamination BODY BURDEN -- HUMAN CONTAMINATION In a study led by Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York, in collaboration with the Environmental Working Group and Commonweal, researchers at two major laboratories found an average of 91 industrial compounds...

I was wondering when do any of you from scientists or regular tv watcher think that we will have Mechanized human piloted robots like they had in the Matrix Revolutions or in the Japanese anime shows such as Gundam. When do you think we would have that technology or capability.

i was just wondering, what is the equivelent megapixel rating of the human eye? i would expect the back of the eye to be around the size of a 35mm negative commonly rated at around 10mp, it can't be any bigger than a 120 film negative which is rated somewhere around 50mp. is there any research...

Humans are of course, radically altering the environment of the entire world. When one thinks about humans destroying the environment usually the destruction of rainforests, pollution of water and things which largely affect animals are brought to mind. I'm, however, looking for ways in which...

new ice age in europe Does anyone know approx how long it will take for the gulf stream to be interrupted and europe's climate be simmilar to that of Canada at the same latitude?

The Internet is loaded with distorted information about human reproductive cloning. There are four invaluable resources for those who want to hear the viewpoints of those favoring cloning. Check out all of them. www.reproductivecloning.net (probably the very best) www.clonerights.com...

When will computer hardware match the human brain? (Received Dec. 1997) Hans Moravec Robotics Institute Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA 15213-3890, USA net: hpm@cmu.edu web: http://www.frc.ri.cmu.edu/~hpm/ ABSTRACT This paper describes how the performance of...