What is the most important capacity or attribute that humans possess?
There are lots of contenders that are unquestionably essential, but ~ because it makes all the other attributes and capacities work, and because it is the foundation for our identity and individuality, I'll vote for...
Memory
What attribute or capacity is your favourite contender?
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Originally posted by @fmfFaith
What is the most important capacity or attribute that humans possess?
There are lots of contenders that are unquestionably essential, but ~ because it makes all the other attributes and capacities work, and because it is the foundation for our identity and individuality, I'll vote for...
Memory
What attribute or capacity is your favourite contender?
[One selection only, please.]
Without faith, no one would get out of bed in the morning.
People have faith every time they drive a car (they have faith another driver won’t strike their car,) board an airplane (faith the pilot is qualified to fly and not drunk,) buy food at the supermarket (faith the food isn’t contaminated,) etc.
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12 May 18
Originally posted by @fmfWithout memory we have no consciousness so I think memory is probably the most important capacity. Offer that I’d go for love.
What is the most important capacity or attribute that humans possess?
There are lots of contenders that are unquestionably essential, but ~ because it makes all the other attributes and capacities work, and because it is the foundation for our identity and individuality, I'll vote for...
Memory
What attribute or capacity is your favourite contender?
[One selection only, please.]
I was going to expand on that, but I won’t for now.
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12 May 18
Originally posted by @divegeesterI figured you would’ve gone for taste buds and the ability to burp
Without memory we have no consciousness so I think memory is probably the most important capacity. Offer that I’d go for love.
I was going to expand on that, but I won’t for now.
12 May 18
Originally posted by @fmfCapacity
What is the most important capacity or attribute that humans possess?
There are lots of contenders that are unquestionably essential, but ~ because it makes all the other attributes and capacities work, and because it is the foundation for our identity and individuality, I'll vote for...
Memory
What attribute or capacity is your favourite contender?
[One selection only, please.]
Originally posted by @fmfRemoving my Christian hat and thinking generally, I would have to say its the one thing that separates us from animals and allows us to progress as a species
What is the most important capacity or attribute that humans possess?
There are lots of contenders that are unquestionably essential, but ~ because it makes all the other attributes and capacities work, and because it is the foundation for our identity and individuality, I'll vote for...
Memory
What attribute or capacity is your favourite contender?
[One selection only, please.]
Ambition.
12 May 18
Originally posted by @ghost-of-a-dukeWhat reason do you have for putting reason, Mr Voice of Reason .. lol 😀
Reason.
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12 May 18
Originally posted by @rajk999Animals have ambition, but their ambition is more geared toward survival. Humans have the ambition to survive as well (individually and collectively,) and one could argue that motivates them more than anything. It’s said the two greatest motivators for humans are survival and procreation (in that order.)
Removing my Christian hat and thinking generally, I would have to say its the one thing that separates us from animals and allows us to progress as a species
Ambition.
Originally posted by @romans1009Looking for argument? Go educate yourself.
Animals have ambition, but their ambition is more geared toward survival. Humans have the ambition to survive as well (individually and collectively,) and one could argue that motivates them more than anything. It’s said the two greatest motivators for humans are survival and procreation (in that order.)
Ambition in animals geared toward survival is not ambition. It is called instinct.
Basic survival in humans is not ambition, again it is called instinct.
Humans have instinct [survival and procreation], but that is not ambition.
We are talking about two different things.
Why am I not surprised.