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If this is a nod at Mikhail Bulgakov's work, "A Dog's Heart," then I would like to remind you that this work is fiction and the likelihood of this happening ...

That's because it's physically a human. But not mentally/spiritually human.

So is what we've learned is that the kind of writers that would hang out on internet forums are introverted. FTFY

Because it's not human. That's not what you said up here: The mind of the dog in a body of a human.

So, us being human means that we are physically human and that we are conscious of our own human spirits in a very deep manner and, consequently, aware of other ...

I'm not talking about physicality, I'm talking about humanity. You yourself said that humanity has a non-physical component, one which allows them to connect with others on a deeper level. ...

That doesn't make it human. So you're saying that the physical defines what humanity is more than the non-physical?

Because it's a human. By what definition? You have more in common with the dog body than the human one.

The mind of the dog in a body of a human. Why?

What philosopher do you agree with? I haven't spent enough time with any of them to form an opinion. And if you choose to wear a blue shirt, you would ...

And what level of consciousness would that be? How would this consciousness be defined? That's the question philosophers have been asking forever. We know that our thoughts, feelings, and perceptions ...

They are also not allowed to choose how they live legally. The choice I'm talking about is about capacity. There is nothing (short of a total lobotomy) that can take ...

Are people who are mentally retarded considered to be humanity in your definition? What about infants or young children? Are you implying that mentally retarded people and children aren't conscious ...

Still, describe... what is humanity, to you, and in what ways does it go beyond genetics? Humanity is conscious, independent, thought. Humanity is being able to listen to something and ...

If you haven't seen the episode the analogy doesn't really make sense (reading the wiki page is not the same). What do you believe humanity is? Humanity, the kind that ...