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Moejoe · 04-25-2009, 09:04 PM

Is it, in a roundabout Zen type of way, that we understand we are humans. Is that what defines us? Can any other animal do that? Can they be self-aware of their own existence and the existence of a greater humanity beyond immediate communication?

Or as that great Zen philosopher, Popeye, put it -- "I am what I am" or was it "I is what I is".

04-25-2009, 09:04 PM	#44
Moejoe Banned Posts: 5,100 Karma: 72193 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: South of the Border Device: Coffin	Is it, in a roundabout Zen type of way, that we understand we are humans. Is that what defines us? Can any other animal do that? Can they be self-aware of their own existence and the existence of a greater humanity beyond immediate communication? Or as that great Zen philosopher, Popeye, put it -- "I am what I am" or was it "I is what I is".