I have a hypothesis that, the only thing at which human beings are “superior” to other organisms is that we can transfer information without a loss to other human beings.
Don’t forget our baldness, two legs, and broad nails. Highly superior.
Thank you for the direction. These articles seem to be the ones I were looking for. (Plato’s work and Diogenes’ answer is worth further investigation)
Human beings may not be that special. This search of mine may be futile, it being a remnant of my believer times (and I being raised in Eurasian soils).
Even so, “what is a human being” seems to be the right question to further investigate. I guess this will immediately be useful (if not already is) at information security: “is perfect authentication possible?” (with protection against rubber hose technique, or clones etc.)
Don’t forget our baldness, two legs, and broad nails. Highly superior.
Two relevant LW posts: One Two
Thank you for the direction. These articles seem to be the ones I were looking for. (Plato’s work and Diogenes’ answer is worth further investigation)
Human beings may not be that special. This search of mine may be futile, it being a remnant of my believer times (and I being raised in Eurasian soils).
Even so, “what is a human being” seems to be the right question to further investigate. I guess this will immediately be useful (if not already is) at information security: “is perfect authentication possible?” (with protection against rubber hose technique, or clones etc.)