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nolabear

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2. This might be the most important question asked on DU.

Wed Jan 1, 2014, 05:46 PM

Jan 2014

It's hard not to be overwhelmed by such thoughts and feel as if we can't do anything about them, but if enough of us do just a little we might be able to evolve enough to keep us from destroying ourselves entirely. I can't claim to have the strength to lead in that endeavor but I can, in my own way, follow, and I hope that people who are not only enlightened but tough and determined can help us move away from simply panicking and attacking one another until there are no more of us.

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Humanity in Flux: Would a Species That Recognizes Its Own Worth Be Actively Destroying Itself? [View all] ashling Jan 2014 OP

Is that a trick question? JVS Jan 2014 #1

Every now and then one of my students will ask me that ashling Jan 2014 #4

This might be the most important question asked on DU. nolabear Jan 2014 #2

We are individually conscious, not species conscious Agnosticsherbet Jan 2014 #3

+1 GreenEyedLefty Jan 2014 #12

not our own worth KT2000 Jan 2014 #5

The root of the suicide is in believing others have no worth. ashling Jan 2014 #6

Worth and value are subjective The2ndWheel Jan 2014 #7

Our greatest strength is our greatest weakness loyalsister Jan 2014 #8

Depends on if that species "recognizes" its "worth" as being worth MORE than another. flvegan Jan 2014 #9

Except, Human beings are NOT "actively destroying" themselves. Warren DeMontague Jan 2014 #10

This is kind of off topic, but the article and comments made me think of this Victor_c3 Jan 2014 #11