darryl.revok wrote:
What are we supposed to call ourselves? I really don't know!
Here's my opinion, albeit very simplistic.
Why? Because sometimes the best answer to a seemingly complex problem can be very simple.
We should call ourselves humans. That's what we all are. In different shapes, colors, forms etc. We are all of the same race, sharing a common ancestor. We share the same overall structure and we are all looking for the same answer to the all important question: why are we here; how did we get here originally?
Well, you might say, yeah, duh! But even though this is a "duh" answer, it's often forgotten or overlooked for various reasons. Having a separate name for "us" puts a division between us and other nations. But for what? Yes, it defines us historically and separates us giving us a unique identity and quality. It's our human nature to want to have pride and be the dominant of our kind. To have clicks and be with others most like us (even within the same species). But really all a name does is divides us in the end, for better or worse.
I think society today worries about the wrong or minute things and I notice a trend of behavior today on the internet to want and create labels for everything: sexism, altruism, etc.
In my opinion, we should focus on things such as world peace (very unlikely to happen unless we evolve drastically over the next few hundred years), ending world hunger, trying to find other life forms out there (then I'd say this would be a worthy division), finding anwsers through science such as how we got here and why we are here.
Life is the most amazing thing in the universe, it should be like a gift every day we get up. I believe we are responsible for creating our own purpose and destiny to some extent. But people create unnecessary burdens turning this gift into poverty and nightmare. People make it hard.
But, again, that's my answer and my opinion: human. --ShaneM