Comments on: A Martian anthropologist goes to church http://dangerousintersection.org/2006/05/10/a-martian-anthropologist-goes-to-church/ Human Animals at the Crossroads of Culture, Science, Religion and Media Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:38:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: We are gods with anuses: another look at “terror management theory.” | Dangerous Intersection http://dangerousintersection.org/2006/05/10/a-martian-anthropologist-goes-to-church/comment-page-1/#comment-31587 We are gods with anuses: another look at “terror management theory.” | Dangerous Intersection Mon, 15 Dec 2008 04:54:25 +0000 http://dangerousintersection.org/?p=161#comment-31587 [...] synonyms for poop, the common aversion to breast feeding or this description of the work by a Martian anthropologist.  Many other topics indirectly touch on our aversion to our gooey bodies, including a post that [...] [...] synonyms for poop, the common aversion to breast feeding or this description of the work by a Martian anthropologist.  Many other topics indirectly touch on our aversion to our gooey bodies, including a post that [...]

]]> By: Why are humans so repulsed by the idea that they are animals? | Dangerous Intersection http://dangerousintersection.org/2006/05/10/a-martian-anthropologist-goes-to-church/comment-page-1/#comment-31103 Why are humans so repulsed by the idea that they are animals? | Dangerous Intersection Wed, 03 Dec 2008 06:04:43 +0000 http://dangerousintersection.org/?p=161#comment-31103 [...] I have repeatedly posted on this reluctance of humans to consider themselves to be animals (see, for example, my posts on the uncanny sameness of humans, the predictability of personals ads,  our relatedness to sponges,  my own skeleton my not-so-distant ancestors, ubiquitous synonyms for poop the common aversion to breast feeding or this description of the work by a Martian anthropologist). [...] [...] I have repeatedly posted on this reluctance of humans to consider themselves to be animals (see, for example, my posts on the uncanny sameness of humans, the predictability of personals ads,  our relatedness to sponges,  my own skeleton my not-so-distant ancestors, ubiquitous synonyms for poop the common aversion to breast feeding or this description of the work by a Martian anthropologist). [...]

]]> By: Kelly Woodard http://dangerousintersection.org/2006/05/10/a-martian-anthropologist-goes-to-church/comment-page-1/#comment-134 Kelly Woodard Fri, 12 May 2006 02:35:41 +0000 http://dangerousintersection.org/?p=161#comment-134 I really enjoyed this entry. I think it points out how naive humans can be about their existence. I agree that humans are merely animals. I honestly hate the people that believe that they are above animals. (Crazy Dreaming) I wish that Buddhists would have found the new world instead of Christians. I really enjoyed this entry. I think it points out how naive humans can be about their existence. I agree that humans are merely animals. I honestly hate the people that believe that they are above animals. (Crazy Dreaming) I wish that Buddhists would have found the new world instead of Christians.

]]> By: Erika Price http://dangerousintersection.org/2006/05/10/a-martian-anthropologist-goes-to-church/comment-page-1/#comment-131 Erika Price Fri, 12 May 2006 00:51:40 +0000 http://dangerousintersection.org/?p=161#comment-131 When people say humans don't qualify as animals, don't they just think that because they consider humans infinitely more powerful and more capable of innovation? We think we have a better social system than any animal species because it seems bigger, more dynamic, and better than theirs. A certain principle comes to mind, the fact that animals can see more minute differences within their own species. To us, all dogs look nearly alike, and to all dogs, we must seem extremely similar. I wonder how the animals see our society? When people say humans don’t qualify as animals, don’t they just think that because they consider humans infinitely more powerful and more capable of innovation? We think we have a better social system than any animal species because it seems bigger, more dynamic, and better than theirs. A certain principle comes to mind, the fact that animals can see more minute differences within their own species. To us, all dogs look nearly alike, and to all dogs, we must seem extremely similar. I wonder how the animals see our society?

]]> By: Molly http://dangerousintersection.org/2006/05/10/a-martian-anthropologist-goes-to-church/comment-page-1/#comment-130 Molly Fri, 12 May 2006 00:41:08 +0000 http://dangerousintersection.org/?p=161#comment-130 I myself have never had a problem calling myself an animal..nor am i ashamed to...I agree with the martian psychlogist when he asks if the problem is they do not like to be called animals to feel better about themselves..too true..i love the dream..reminds me in a strange way of stranger in a strange land...A movie you might enjoy..In search of the one eyed Jesus..intersting cultural depiction of the south including evangelical churches.. Ave Maria I myself have never had a problem calling myself an animal..nor am i ashamed to…I agree with the martian psychlogist when he asks if the problem is they do not like to be called animals to feel better about themselves..too true..i love the dream..reminds me in a strange way of stranger in a strange land…A movie you might enjoy..In search of the one eyed Jesus..intersting cultural depiction of the south including evangelical churches..
Ave Maria

]]> By: Carlos Calderon http://dangerousintersection.org/2006/05/10/a-martian-anthropologist-goes-to-church/comment-page-1/#comment-129 Carlos Calderon Thu, 11 May 2006 21:42:36 +0000 http://dangerousintersection.org/?p=161#comment-129 That is the mistery: why do some humans (who apparently constitute one of the most, if not the most, cognitively gifted species) deny, have trouble recognizing, or are ashamed to be called animals? Is it just to feel better about themselves? That would seem pretty lame for such an extraordinary species. -Sincerely, A Martian Psychologist That is the mistery: why do some humans (who apparently constitute one of the most, if not the most, cognitively gifted species) deny, have trouble recognizing, or are ashamed to be called animals? Is it just to feel better about themselves? That would seem pretty lame for such an extraordinary species.

-Sincerely,
A Martian Psychologist

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