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What is the most important human capacity?

What is the most important human capacity?

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What is the most important capacity or attribute that humans possess?

There are lots of contenders that are unquestionably essential, but ~ because it makes all the other attributes and capacities work, and because it is the foundation for our identity and individuality, I'll vote for...

Memory

What attribute or capacity is your favourite contender?

[One selection only, please.]

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Originally posted by @fmf
What is the most important capacity or attribute that humans possess?

There are lots of contenders that are unquestionably essential, but ~ because it makes all the other attributes and capacities work, and because it is the foundation for our identity and individuality, I'll vote for...

Memory

What attribute or capacity is your favourite contender?

[One selection only, please.]
Faith

Without faith, no one would get out of bed in the morning.

People have faith every time they drive a car (they have faith another driver won’t strike their car,) board an airplane (faith the pilot is qualified to fly and not drunk,) buy food at the supermarket (faith the food isn’t contaminated,) etc.

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Originally posted by @fmf
What is the most important capacity or attribute that humans possess?

There are lots of contenders that are unquestionably essential, but ~ because it makes all the other attributes and capacities work, and because it is the foundation for our identity and individuality, I'll vote for...

Memory

What attribute or capacity is your favourite contender?

[One selection only, please.]
Without memory we have no consciousness so I think memory is probably the most important capacity. Offer that I’d go for love.

I was going to expand on that, but I won’t for now.

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Originally posted by @divegeester
Without memory we have no consciousness so I think memory is probably the most important capacity. Offer that I’d go for love.

I was going to expand on that, but I won’t for now.
I figured you would’ve gone for taste buds and the ability to burp

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So, thus far we have memory, faith and love.

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Originally posted by @fmf
What is the most important capacity or attribute that humans possess?

There are lots of contenders that are unquestionably essential, but ~ because it makes all the other attributes and capacities work, and because it is the foundation for our identity and individuality, I'll vote for...

Memory

What attribute or capacity is your favourite contender?

[One selection only, please.]
Capacity

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Originally posted by @freakykbh
Capacity
Which one? Be specific.

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Originally posted by @fmf
Which one? Be specific.
That anything at all can be 'written on' any part of man--- and retained--- is mind-blowing.

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To predict and act based on observation.

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Originally posted by @fmf
What is the most important capacity or attribute that humans possess?

There are lots of contenders that are unquestionably essential, but ~ because it makes all the other attributes and capacities work, and because it is the foundation for our identity and individuality, I'll vote for...

Memory

What attribute or capacity is your favourite contender?

[One selection only, please.]
Removing my Christian hat and thinking generally, I would have to say its the one thing that separates us from animals and allows us to progress as a species

Ambition.

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Reason.

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Originally posted by @ghost-of-a-duke
Reason.
What reason do you have for putting reason, Mr Voice of Reason .. lol 😀

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Originally posted by @rajk999
Removing my Christian hat and thinking generally, I would have to say its the one thing that separates us from animals and allows us to progress as a species

Ambition.
Animals have ambition, but their ambition is more geared toward survival. Humans have the ambition to survive as well (individually and collectively,) and one could argue that motivates them more than anything. It’s said the two greatest motivators for humans are survival and procreation (in that order.)

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Originally posted by @romans1009
Animals have ambition, but their ambition is more geared toward survival. Humans have the ambition to survive as well (individually and collectively,) and one could argue that motivates them more than anything. It’s said the two greatest motivators for humans are survival and procreation (in that order.)
Looking for argument? Go educate yourself.

Ambition in animals geared toward survival is not ambition. It is called instinct.
Basic survival in humans is not ambition, again it is called instinct.
Humans have instinct [survival and procreation], but that is not ambition.

We are talking about two different things.
Why am I not surprised.

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