would you recognize a naked person as human?
if yes the tools aren't something that define humanity or part of is essence
>animals never needed tools of any kind
not realy bee makes behives spider webspin lot of animals build nest and all of these things are necessary for their survival
> we started out with nothing whatsoever
just no
>we are a part of Nature that is so outrageously different from the rest that the theory that we might be seeded by aliens is actually NOT that crazy.
we are so similar to other animal that people would agree more that alien uplifted some monkey
>we are NOT intrinsically NEEDED.
by who? for what?
>animals don't really have that.
animals do self-mutilate or behave against their survival if put in some enviroments
>and as we use them, it's also natural that we're also, in a sense
-used- by them.
wdym by "used by them"???
>and where exactly do the line between things we hold and and ourselves even start, or, disappear? is there any division at all?
the line might be blurry but the division exist i will not confuse a house for a human body part unless i find it hot enough