while where the meaning of human existence is located has no such concrete answer, but in this paper we will examine where Sartre believes it to be. Sartre's existentialism is a philosophy, which deals with man. It states that man is that which he makes of himself and that he...
“This idea of how everything is interconnected, and the impermanence of things… It sums up the human condition to me, and it helps me on my path.”—Jeff Bridges Understanding the precise nature and scope of the human condition is a philosophical question. The human condition is all the ...
This first part discusses the exceptional nature of human beings. In their broken relationship to themselves and their surroundings, humans learn of an indebtedness. From this simple truth they cannot hide without alienating themselves from their own being....
a speck of dust in the vastness of the universe. But to be human is to be at the centre of our own universe, to experience life in all its colours and all its potential. This is what we want to celebrate with Being Human - the awe of being alive and the thrill of discovering what...
Dark DNA is the genetic code in the human genome that currently has no known original source. We have traced 8% of the human genome to viruses. 1-2% of our genome comes from other animals. Believe it or not you share 55% of your genetic code with a banana – and that’s not just...
We cannot restore the pastures, but we must provide a chance to enjoy nature, a chance for recreation, for pleasure and for some restoration of that essential dimension of human existence which flows only from man’s contact with the natural world around him. [7] A third is the incre...
a ripe target for criticism, such as declarations of the field’s doubtful scientific value. Alan Smith, a complexity scientist, is tired of such complaints. Asking about “the point” of ALife might be, well, missing the point entirely, he says. “The existence of a living system is not...
and increase.”[Michael Bakunin: Selected Writings, p. 196]Because human beings are thinking creatures, to deny them liberty is to deny them the opportunity to think for themselves, which is to deny their very existence as humans. For anarchists, freedom is a product of our humanity, ...
The human brain and the activity of its countless neurons and synaptic possibilities contribute to the human mind. The human mind is different from the brain; the brain is the tangible, visible part of the physical body whereas the mind consists of the intangible realm of thoughts, feelings, b...
Asking what the worth of artificial life is equals to asking what the worth of your grandmother is，问及人工生命的价值如同问及你的祖母的价值，因为The existence of a living system is not about the use of anything，生命体系的存在无关任何东西的使用。本段交代了Alan Smith对于ALife is a ripe ...