Why Is Human Progress?

We, human beings feel distinctly unique, individual and most importantly, unmistakably superior due to our exclusive intelligence. This is why we, as a society, tend to look down on other types of life-forms, insect or animal, as they do not possess that desired intellect. Yet, Lewis Thomas, in his opinion essay “On Societies as Organisms”, argues that human society has much to learn from the communal accomplishment of other life-forms. The author effectively conveys this main idea through his use of analogy, enumeration of examples and through his level of language.

Famed author, Mark Twain, asserts in this excerpt of “The Lowest Animal” that as a result of man’s greed and incessant need for more, it makes man less than animals, who have no such insatiable hunger for all things in excess. Many would disagree arguing in the contrary to Twain. Although some people, Mark Twain for one, believe that man’s thirst for more is what degrades us, the reality is that it is what builds up the species as a whole and is what has gotten us to our current elevated standing with advancements in medicine, technology, and society.

Human beings did not always hold the reins as the most superior creatures in this universe. A

Journal #9. Page 101- “The defining feature of the anthropocence is the transformative role played by our own species.”

100 billions neurons make up the complex machine known as the human brain. With the connections these neurons make, we can experience the smells of fresh pine trees. We can think about complex concepts, such as the grammar and syntax that make up this very sentence. We can imagine the infinite, and imagine ourselves contemplating the infinite. Our brains are amazing in

More Beautiful World: Science- As I continue to read the novel, “The More Beautiful World Our Hearts Know Is Possible” written by Charles Eisenstein, I am able to develop a more in depth understanding of what the author is attempting to tell the reader. The seventh chapter “Science” of the novel talks about how species of the world do not only evolve to be in service for of their own interests, but for helping others in need as well. As a species that will continue to endlessly progress, it is important to know the reason as to why we are develop in the first place. Is it for ourselves, or is for those around us including ourselves as well? We cannot simply show others that we are above them in all aspects, but to give a helping hand to those in need. The more I

Humans are the most unique species on Earth. We have gained the ability to things never accomplished before on Earth. We can control our environment, domesticate other species, and more importantly, form complex connections and societies with one another. However, it is widely debated about how we evolved from simple ape-like foragers to the meat-eating, community-building species we are today. In this paper, we will be looking at three authors: Richard Wrangham, Pat Shipman, and Frans de Wall. Each of which approach this question from different directions.

Since the universe was constructed inventions were made, and one of those inventions led to the development of life changing items and ideas. It is said at the dawn of time a tribe of ape discovered bones of fallen animals and had the idea of using those bones as tools and weapons. Therefore, changing them, leading them to adapt to a new way of living and become superior towards other tribes. It is thought that humans are those ape descendants. Earth is inhabited by brilliant minds inside of human beings, and those minds give birth to game changing ideas that need the assistance of others as well as tools in order to bring them to life. Now, most of these ideas turn into failures based on the human capability to approach these tasks with the

Humans are undoubtedly intelligent creatures with complex minds and remarkable mass cooperation abilities. As Harari (2015) stated: “Humans control the planet, because they are the only animals that can cooperate both flexibly and in very large numbers”.

Why are humans the dominant species? Why hasn’t some other species surpassed us in both knowledge and strength? And if we are so “evolved” and “intellectual”, then why haven’t we discovered the answers to so many of these questions? Way back, before humans existed, were apes the dominant species? And even now, might dolphins have some elaborate, underwater plan that we just don’t know about? Why is it taking us so many years to develop cures for cancer, Alzheimer's, and diabetes? Why are we unable to simply come to an agreement over border lines, which seem so insignificant when you think about the number of deaths it

Reductionism would claim that we are but the sum of all our parts, our genetic code defines us as a species and we are merely a single implementation of a 23 chromosome pair blueprint. However, in essence we are largely unaware of these notions for we experience reality not in abstract but rather in the full wholesome emotional vivid first person seat of the human condition; as individuals part of a larger social structure we tend to become socio-normative and assimilate the linguistic and cultural identities of our guardians and community. Each instantiation of the human condition is not dissimilar to that of a new computer with a clean hard-disk and the potential to run any software depending on our physical and socio-cultural limitations,

     One of the most complex and fascinating things in the human body is the brain. The body is “capable of almost everything, but it would not be possible, without the brain receiving information, and analyzing the information.”

Many animals have the ability to restore their tissue after injury. Among the most fascinating vertebrate models are newts and axololts, which can regenerate their entire appendages. This intricately regulated process is mediated by the formation of the blastema. While much has been learned about limb regeneration in the past decades, several underlying mechanisms remain to be elucidated. A recent study by Sandoval-Guzman and colleagues has shed light on the regeneration of muscle in such salamander species. This review will briefly discuss the findings of the paper and compare the strengths and limitations of each research model.

We are different in several ways; we are the most complex system in the animal ecosphere. Although nature has made us alike, why are we different? Why we have different characteristic? What makes us different? And why do we need to be different? These differences make me reflect, furthermore, before being able to answer those questions firstly I must ask myself who we are and suggestively what we are.

The word progress is patent to the western culture, and it’s synonymous to the existence of the new knowledge and technological invention. The conception of progress started in the “middle age” to the Renaissance, a superlative culture (re-birth) that came to lime light in the 14th century.