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Alien Love, What makes us human (_DSC5893)

Ask “What makes us human?” and a range of responses is guaranteed from materialist and nonmaterialist scientist and religious thinker alike. From self-awareness to free moral agency, from conscience to the capacity to imagine, such traits are put forward as distinguishing us from nonhuman species. There’s also the capacity for spoken language, which some say is the most distinctive difference, even innate. On a more troubling level, some might list the deliberate decision not to reproduce ourselves, and more darkly still, the willing invention of weapons that assure mutual mass destruction, threatening extinction of the species.

 

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Gears: Nikon D50 and Sigma 70-200mm f/2.8 EX DG HSM APO lens

Location: Kuala Lumpur Bird Park, Kuala Lumpur

Processing: Increased contrast with Adobe PSCS2, cropped for 16:9 aspect ratio

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Uploaded on September 20, 2008
Taken on December 9, 2007