What is Human?

Here is a safe place to openly talk about and challenge beliefs. Be respectful or GTFO. Let's start the discussion like we start our day: looking in a mirror. The question of the day is "What is human?" Also please don't give me the empirical definition, everyone already knows it. Instead, give us an answer that comes from your world view.

I usually like to use TED talks to stimulate my brain so if you're stuck maybe this will help you.

http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/david_deutsch_on_our_place_in_the_cosmos.html

This one is one of my favourites and it has to do with the question of the day.

Opening Post

My goal with this blog is to educate the public and stimulate moral debate. I think it is shameful of our culture to look down on debates relating to beliefs. Beliefs and principles should not be private. I am interested to know what you, my reader, believes about controversial moral debates. I will post my opinions and do my best to educate readers on controversial subjects and morally grey areas. I hope that this education will stimulate some intriguing discussions among readers.

Since this blog is about beliefs, I will tell you some of mine: I believe that everyone is a moral expert. I believe you don't have to be an expert in a field to have a valid, relevant, moral opinion on it but I do believe you should be educated about whatever the issue may be. From behind my eyes, everyone who cares enough about a subject to get educated about is equipped to make a moral judgement about it.

Now, for the final paragraph I will say why I am starting this blog. My biggest fear about the future is that the public will be unaware of important issues because they are too fascinated/distracted by celebrity breakups and tabloid journalism. Let me clarify what I mean by "important issues." Generally, this title applies to scientific discoveries or technological breakthroughs. I believe that technology can be used for good and evil and most of the time, the decision for how a technology is used is not left to the inventor or scientist. If the public is well educated about the newest important issues than we as a nation/planet can decide, based on morality, what should be done with them. And, as I mentioned earlier, everyone has moral authority as long as they are educated.