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Oh, i agree. If anything i'm apathetic to us being unique at all. However i'm speaking in the general cultural perception sense. I think a lot of humanity depen
by unshavedyak 3y ago
Oh, i agree. If anything i'm apathetic to us being unique at all. However i'm speaking in the general cultural perception sense. I think a lot of humanity depends.. or at least has built a self-image around uniqueness as a foundation to our believed superiority.
We often discuss things that would challenge or overtake us. Hypothetical advanced aliens, artificial AI, etc. However i don't often see pop culture discussing the opposite - us, or even life, being challenged on it's uniqueness. Plus then that leads to all sorts of self-autonomy discussions (which is discussed in pop culture imo).
I dunno, i suspect "people" won't handle it well. Hell, there's entire religion(s) built on the foundation that we're uniquely gifted as a product of being crafted in a gods image. To question us could question god. I find these questions neat, interesting, etc - but socially i suspect it would be troubling, contentious, frightening.
- OkayPhysicist 3y agoWe've dealt with this problem before: Historically all humans being "people" is a relatively new concept in of itself. I'm sure there's going to be growing pains there, but I think we'd figure out how to cope. Hopefully relatively quickly compared to that example.