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Topic	C/D: Either everything humans do is natural or nothing is
NeatoAnAccount 08/23/23 1:37:08 PM #12:	I reject the premise of the question. "Natural" is a word. Like all words, it means whatever the speaker means when they say it. If the speaker is trying to say that we're just animals, and a beehive is every bit as "artificial" as OKCupid, then sure, fine, everything we do is natural. If they're trying to say that "unnatural" means "done with obvious human intention" then fine, everything we do is unnatural. It really depends on what you're trying to say when you call something "natural" or "unnatural." "Natural" has a lot of contradictory valid definitions. Like it's natural for kids to want to dig holes on the beach. That seems like universal human behavior, across all cultures. Is a hole dug by a kid "natural?" What about a hole dug by a sea turtle to lay her eggs in? --- Neato, an account <cite>NeatoAnAccount posted [p:975614550] in C/D: Eithe... [t:80544099]...</cite> <quote>I reject the premise of the question."Natural" is a word. Like all words, it means whatever the speaker means when they say it. If the speaker is trying to say that we're just animals, and a beehive is every bit as "artificial" as OKCupid, then sure, fine, everything we do is natural. If they're trying to say that "unnatural" means "done with obvious human intention" then fine, everything we do is unnatural. It really depends on what you're trying to say when you call something "natural" or "unnatural." "Natural" has a lot of contradictory valid definitions.Like it's natural for kids to want to dig holes on the beach. That seems like universal human behavior, across all cultures. Is a hole dug by a kid "natural?" What about a hole dug by a sea turtle to lay her eggs in? --- Neato, an account</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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