Do you believe that human is the only being that has develop civilization on this planet?
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I see civilisation as a group who carry out tasks that are beneficial for the group as a whole, and not just the individual. Therefore the following animals have a basic form of civilisation:\n\n\nGenerally pack animals (eg lions/wolves): Have a hierarchy and look after each other. Hunt for the young and teach them how to hunt.\nColony insects: gather food and build nursery's for their young, have a sort of collective "brain" and job structure.
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In an ideal world, that would be great.  Unfortunately, that kind of reality is probably thousands of years away.\n\nJust like in Star Trek, we probably won't see that until aliens land, and show us exactly how primitive and violent we really are.  As long as we think we are the only civilization in the universe, there is little likelihood for improvement.\n\nI believe society is moving that way, but again, that's going to take hundreds of generations for us to evolve further.\n\nAnd if the aliens land and give us a book, don't go with them, "It's a cookbook!"
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It depends on how you are defining "civilized". If you are referring to things that we have and use to make our lives better/easier, then yes. Technology has brought us so very, very far in the past 50 years. We have so many things, that most of us take for granted, that were only pipe-dreams 50 years ago.\nOn the other hand, if you are referring to how we are, act, or behave, we have sadly declined. As others spoke of, it used to be that everyone left their doors unlocked - you knew everyone who lived around you, if not the entire town - you could walk next door and borrow a tool, even a tractor, of a neighbor, and as a whole, everyone was assured of the fact that anything that was borrowed, was always returned in a timely manner - in the same, or possibly better shape as when first borrowed - \nYou weren't bombarded with stories of murders, terrorists, and child-molesters, on the news EVERY night.\nI could go on and on...but do I really need to?\n\nSo, it really breaks down to what you really meant when you said, "civilization".\nJust pick which answer suits your opinion.\nThanks for the question...have a good day, now.
837195
Human existence is a parasitic relationship on earth.  I don't think it will ever change,we are earth maggots.
380153
yes we do, we are only human.
185479
It would be very arrogant to think that this would be the only planet in the whole universe where any sort of life has developed.  There are so many stars and planets in the universe that even if only a fraction of a percentage were capable of supporting life as we know it, and only a small number of them developed "intelligent" life forms, there would still be billions of alien species.
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no, humans aren't evolved from anything.  they were created by God.
664559
I do ... I say "of course there is other life" ... I think that we would be huge ego maniacs to think that we are the ONLY life form in the entire universe!!
1032776
I  think we are as civilised as the nearest monkey or gorilla!!! We are rude & ungrateful & find one opportunity to look down on others... We havent civilised... we have degraded beyond repair...
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The author is saying that human beings have developed very quickly: from cave-dwelling, club-wielding hunter-gatherers to modern, technological, artistic beings, in a very short amount of evolutionary time, and that this bodes well for our species.  The author gives Bach as an example of the high art which mankind has become capable of producing, in a relatively short time since the emergence of our species.  To paraphrase, any species capable of developing this far, this fast, has some positive potential.
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None at all. The human gives himself too much importance. Essentially, the role of mankind is as unimportant as the role of rocks, mosquitos and, actually, anything in the universe. However, mankind would not survive had it accepted the absolute pointlesness of its existance and so, our elevating of humanity's status above something what it really is seems only natural.
13453
Are you asking if human beings are called homo sapiens? If so, YES!!
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Short answer: If we're alone, it's an awful lot of wasted space.\n\nLong answer: If by your definition of being you're saying intelligent/sentient life form, then yes we could be the only beings in the universe, after all there has to be a first intelligent life form somewhere. But, I doubt that we are the first intelligent beings. We live on a relatively ordinary planet, around an ordinary star in an ordinary galaxy. There's a "few" of those around in the universe.\n\nNow if your question was: are we being visited by extra-terrestrial intelligent life forms... That's a whole other story.
707999
No, there is no evidence to suggest that. Even if humans destroy themselves, the planet itself will still be here. Earth has another few billion years left.
46059
Oh certainly not! This is the basis and beautiful process of life itself. I believe that Our "Father" fully intended the human race as a whole to become so much more than just human.
1008377
I believe that would be the human race. (sarcasm definitely intended)
670859
i think to belive that we (as humans) are the only thing out there is a very naive thing to think. with that said  any answer given to you will only be excepted if it falls into your belief system. so on one hand you have your unwavering faith(not meaning that in a disrespectful way) and on the other you have the overwhelming proof that something other then humans live in space. So if such poof is true then these other beings would also have to have a belief system about there creation. and being that there is only one "GOD" no matter what name "GOD" is given or how many different sides"GOD" has, then if the poof of these other beings proves true Then yes "GOD" must have put them there. and you and the other beings would both agree to this, even if using different names for"GOD".