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[-] dustyData@lemmy.world 6 points 6 months ago

Science doesn't define what humans are. Humans are, then science plays catch up to try and define what that even means. Science is a human endeavor, a framework of thought, it doesn't exist in a vacuum, it cannot exist without humans thinking, talking about it and doing it.

[-] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world -3 points 6 months ago

So if I ask you to define what a human is, you’re not going to draw at all from any previous scientific studies?

I doubt it. Not to get too ontological, just saying science (biology, psychology, anthropology) very much do define what human is.

[-] svieg@slrpnk.net 2 points 6 months ago

For a lot of people, I would think that the answer to "what is a human?" Would be closer to religious and philosophical definitions than scientific ones.

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