I guess, it’s not “us”; it’s YOU.
The question has been bothering me for several years
In the last millennia, there have been sooo many things circulating about “What makes you human?” Even if the question had an answer, what difference could that make?
Indeed, how are you better than an animal?
Animals are for mere survival.
Are you?
To what end?
People who are afraid for their lives are easy to intimidate, and the media manipulation started as early as in the 1950s. In fact, people who are afraid die a thousand deaths before passing away…
So, who are you?
Are you afraid to die?
Of course, most people don’t exactly embrace death as the prairie Indians in the second half of the 19th century, when they used to shout, “This is a good day to die!”
Is it possible that they were superior to most of today’s people who are still impertinent enough to call themselves human?
What does it all boil down to?
Are people humans, if they have something greater to live for than for their own survival above the animal world?
Ask a dog who is willing to die for its owner (aka. “pack leader”). The answer is that they would pass for humans.
Nope, your humanity lies in a single asset: your ability to choose, when animals have no choice:
https://rayhorvaththesource.substack.com/p/i-have-solved-the-question-of-free
Yes, from a cognitive scientist’s point of view, I have solved the problem of free will. It is YOU ONLY who can decide what kind of a world you are willing to live in. NOBODY ELSE HAS EVER DONE THIS BEFORE, but this is to YOUR benefit!
Ultimately, it will probably boil down to one thing, but who am I to say?
Well I am not a "HUman" I am a "Flesh and Blood Man"
Nice. But oversimplified. Animals DO have choice. I see it every day.