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[ncarraway]

What makes us human? Feel free to answer with the first thing that occurs to you, rather than thinking it out for more than thirty seconds.

Comments

[magistar2]

I immediately thought: we have a soul. But, then again, I was raised Roman Catholic.

You did say you wanted the first thing to pop into our pretty little heads

[ncarraway]

Thanks for the honesty!

[samjolnir]

true love :3

[beyonder]

my gut answer was: face to face mating

which encouraged more of socialization, added rewards for predicting and understanding each other's cognitive/emotional states - and eventually led to self awareness. Which would be my answer when I think about it too much.

So really I'm just spot on all around.

[catalystparadox]

I left spots on your mom's face last night.

[lesisputnik]

A sufficiently developed neocortex.

[reedybeanz]

the ability and proclivity to tell and create stories.

[ncarraway]

Cool, cool. Now tell me, Sara: what about the ability to do a dance ... on a dance?

[reedybeanz]

it is acceptable, as long as the dancer cites his/her sources, and as long as one of the sources is Why-kipedia