What makes us human, I think, is an ability to ask questions, a consequence of our sophisticated spoken language.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
What is it that really makes us, us? It's our collective intelligence. It's our ability to write things down, our language and our consciousness.
I think what makes us human - is our interconnectedness among people. It's our ability to form and maintain relationships. It's the barometer by which we call ourselves human.
Human beings are social animals; we devote a significant portion of our brain just to dealing with interactions with other humans.
Humans are a social species more than any other, and in order to build a community, which for some reason humans have to do in order to live, we have to solve the communication problem. Language is the tool that was invented to solve that problem.
Asking questions is what brains were born to do, at least when we were young children. For young children, quite literally, seeking explanations is as deeply rooted a drive as seeking food or water.
I'm human, just like anybody else.
Language is handy, but we humans have social and emotional connections that transcend words and are communicated - and understood - without conscious thought.
What exactly is it that humans do that is specifically human? There has to be something. How odd it is for billions of people to be alive, yet not one of them is really quite sure of what makes people people.
It is the ability to choose which makes us human.
Human beings are human beings whether they speak or not.