The Error that is Man

**Charge** · 11-25-2007, 23:09

No!

**KukriKhan** · 11-25-2007, 23:57

Originally Posted by Bijo

The existence of man must be an error. The existence of man must be a bad joke.... nay: existence of nature, physics, itself as we know it, and us part of it, must be an error.

Perhaps. But by whom?

'Error' implies its opposite: correct. We've read your examples of human error; what would be human correctness (or correct function?)?

**Justiciar** · 11-26-2007, 00:16

Rabid monsters, brutal parasites, thoughtless drones.. meh. It's a valid existence. Besides, as a species our flaws are more than made up for. I mean.. look at this.. I'm communicating with you, directly, from what may the other side of the world. Let's see a Dolphin do that!

**Ayachuco** · 11-26-2007, 00:24

Hey! What about the Wo-Man in the world. I support the feminist movement b/c my Mom dominates me and my dad.

Perhaps it is our primitiveness is what makes us so great. If you strip away our emotions, passions, and vices you are left with a robot. It may be perfect, yes, but it has nothing to strive for. It doesn't question or improve; it only performs its task and gets it done w/o thinking about the consequences or benefits of its actions.
My Mom is once again dominating me and telling me to get off the computer so I will add more once I get more time.

**Papewaio** · 11-26-2007, 00:37

Originally Posted by Justiciar

I'm communicating with you, directly, from what may the other side of the world. Let's see a Dolphin do that!

Would you
a) Have a swim, eat seafood and have copious quantities of sex.
OR
b) Communicate on the internet.

**Mongoose** · 11-26-2007, 04:08

Originally Posted by Papewaio

Would you
a) Have a swim, eat seafood and have copious quantities of sex.
OR
b) Communicate on the internet.

Would you rather be on the internet or in a tuna net? The dolphin, delicious though it may be, has nothing on us.

As for the topic, we might be in immoral species, but on a whole we're better than most other forms of life on this planet. Obviously, nobody is perfect, but we're still better than anything else that we know of on this planet, so there's no need to single out humanity. I, for one, would like to see an essay on the evils and moral failings of bears for a change.

And if we've learned anything from George Orwell's Animal Farm, it's that if we give them the chance, animals like pigs and dogs will act just as badly as we do. And as if that wasn't bad enough, they're also communists!