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Originally Posted by desertgrandma
I say its the spirit and ability to create music and art, and pyramids and the numerous awe inspiring architecture we see still today.
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I'd say this is what makes us a civilization building set of organisms - not every human is able to create music or art and the pyramids are a formidable example of a very evil act.
I understand what you mean - still it would leave a whole set of persons out of the equation.
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Its a willingness to sacrifice oneself for a complete stranger, the unquenchable thirst for knowledge, and then the need to act on that knowledge.
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See above
I believe you are still defining an "ideal human" or some kind of "aspire to be goal" and not the average human.