originally posted in:Secular Sevens
Biology isn't really my field, but physically the being would not be considered a human being if the anatomy is completely diverse from that of a normal person. From a philosophical point of view you could argue that they are human if they possess all of the wants, needs, and other behavior traits of a human being. Star Trek The Next Generation did a great job of showing this point with the android named "Data."
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Edited by A3LeggedBurrito: 3/1/2014 5:18:43 PMWow, I forgot about Data! I guess if they were just like Data it would be easy to define them as human from a philosophical point of view for the reasons you said. But just how possible is it for mechanical beings to possess the same behavior traits as Homo sapiens? They would not have the need for food or health or other things derived from our biology, so wouldn't they behave in a considerably different way than Homo sapiens?