This is an interesting article I found on the cornelius news website. It gives an overview of a variety of theories on what it means to be human and what we can know about ourselves.
The first section of the article is titled “What is a human?” and explains that humans are the only animals on Earth that are completely self-aware and completely aware of their own actions and states of mind. It goes on to say that humans have the ability to learn, remember, and repeat, but that these abilities (and the self-awareness) are only present in the brain of a fully-aware person, which is rare.
Cornelius writes that this self-awareness is not a characteristic we share with other primates, although we don’t have to be fully self-aware to have a self. As human we have, therefore, the ability to perform very basic tasks like playing the guitar, writing a letter, and making a meal. But we also have the ability to learn, remember, and repeat things.
In the next chapter, we’ll talk about how we can better understand the nature of self-awareness.
In short, this self-awareness isn’t just a good thing. It is a major tool we have, and it enables us to survive in so many different situations. But not all self-aware people are good. For example, a person who is fully self-aware may only be able to play the guitar, or even can play the guitar but doesn’t really enjoy it.
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Like many of the topics we cover, self-awareness is a slippery slope. You can grow from not being self-aware and then becoming fully aware. Or you can grow from not being self-aware and then becoming not self-aware. It all depends on the situation. It does make sense that we have our own unique quirks. Or else we wouldnt be who we are in the first place.
I’m sure many of you have read the great Dan Savage’s article on “self-awareness” in which he explains that it is a slippery slope. He goes on to explain that self-awareness is a state of being that requires you to come to understand the purpose of your life, self and others, and eventually what you want in life. I think it is great that Dan has spoken out about this.
I think that self-awareness is a great thing. But as Dan suggests, it isn’t a simple thing that can be taught. You have to be willing to let yourself be understood, to let that self-awareness come into your life. It might be hard, but I think it’s worth it.
That is a great thing I think. It will take some time, but if you are willing to accept that you dont know the purpose of your life, what you want in life, you should be able to figure it out.
